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Intraocular inflammation in the vitreous cavity (1x)
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F1
Central callote was submitted for histopathological examination which showed a shrunken eyeball with thickening of the sclera [Fig. 1].
Gomori methanamine silver stain showing fungal laments in the vitreous cavity (x 200)
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F2
Special stains for the fungus by Gomori methenamine silver stain showed multiple septate fungi with 90  branching suggestive of Aspergillus species [Fig. 2].
Electrophoretogram of PCR based RFLP on Internal Transcribed Spacer amplified products for species identification of fungus from paraffin section
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F3
The PCR-based RFLP for species identification revealed a cleavage pattern similar to Aspergillus fumigatus [Fig.3].