PMC4376933_01
Photographs of the anterior eye of the patients before and after treatment. a, b Case 1. a A brown pigmented infiltrate in the paracentral cornea with few satellite lesions in the superior peripheral cornea 1 week after cataract surgery. b The corneal ulcers developed into scars after the treatment. c, d Case 2. c A corneal infiltrate with central brownish pigments on top of the lesion at presentation. d Scar tissue and vascularization replaced the corneal ulcer, with small foci of epithelial defects remaining after 1 month of treatment.
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F1
The right eye revealed a 3 x 6 mm corneal infiltration with a brownish pigment overlaying the lesion (fig. 1c). At 1 month after treatment, her VA in the affected eye was hand movement, and the corneal infiltration developed into scarring and vascularization with some remaining small epithelial defects (fig. 1d).
a Potassium hydroxide preparation showing numerous dark septate fungal hyphae. b Numerous fungal elements detected on calcofluor white staining. c Microscopic analysis of b showing fungal hyphae and conidia. d Dark pigmented colonies of F. pedrosoi growing on Sabouraud's dextrose agar. Magnifications: x400 (a, b) x100 (c).
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F2
Fungal elements were detected on 10% potassium hydroxide wet mount and calcofluor white stain (fig. 2a, b). After 7 days of incubation, the culture from the corneal scraping revealed dark-pigmented colonies identified as F. pedrosoi (fig. 2c).
PMC4376933_02
Photographs of the anterior eye of the patients before and after treatment. a, b Case 1. a A brown pigmented infiltrate in the paracentral cornea with few satellite lesions in the superior peripheral cornea 1 week after cataract surgery. b The corneal ulcers developed into scars after the treatment. c, d Case 2. c A corneal infiltrate with central brownish pigments on top of the lesion at presentation. d Scar tissue and vascularization replaced the corneal ulcer, with small foci of epithelial defects remaining after 1 month of treatment.
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F1
The right eye revealed a 3 x 6 mm corneal infiltration with a brownish pigment overlaying the lesion (fig. 1c). At 1 month after treatment, her VA in the affected eye was hand movement, and the corneal infiltration developed into scarring and vascularization with some remaining small epithelial defects (fig. 1d).
a Potassium hydroxide preparation showing numerous dark septate fungal hyphae. b Numerous fungal elements detected on calcofluor white staining. c Microscopic analysis of b showing fungal hyphae and conidia. d Dark pigmented colonies of F. pedrosoi growing on Sabouraud's dextrose agar. Magnifications: x400 (a, b) x100 (c).
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F2
Fungal elements were detected on 10% potassium hydroxide wet mount and calcofluor white stain (fig. 2a, b). After 7 days of incubation, the culture from the corneal scraping revealed dark-pigmented colonies identified as F. pedrosoi (fig. 2c).