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Photograph of the anterior surface of the cornea of a 75-year-old man. A grayish-white epithelial opacity can be seen on the central cornea.
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October 2015 with blurred vision in his left eye of two weeks duration. Our slit-lamp examination showed a greyish-white epithelial opacity in the central cornea of his left eye (Figure 1).
Photograph of a corneal smear with Gram staining. x1000. Spherical Prototheca spp. organisms containing multiple endospores (morula-like form) can be seen in the corneal epithelial cells.
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The organisms were unicellular, spherical, and contained multiple endospores (Figure 2).
Recurrent lesions. The recurrent lesions can be seen in different areas of cornea. Spiral-shaped corneal surface is due to limbal stem cell deficiency.
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Two months later, a greyish-white epithelial opacity in the cornea of his left eye was detected again (Figure 3).