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Slit lamp photograph of eye showing a large yellowish plaque (white arrowhead) occupying almost the entire cornea with surrounding scleritis (black arrowhead).
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F1
On slit lamp examination, there was a very thick yellow plaque consisting of a rounded mass projecting above the entire corneal surface, similar to a mound, measuring 9x9.5 mm with a depth of 2 mm at its thickest point located centrally (Figure 1 (Fig. 1)).
Giemsa stain of scrapings obtained from the corneal plaque showing an extensive amount of hyphal elements (black arrows).
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F2
Giemsa stain of the corneal scraping showed numerous hyphal elements (Figure 2 (Fig. 2)).
Slit lamp photograph of eye at the first day postoperatively showing a tectonic graft held in place with #16 interrupted nylon 10-0 sutures.
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F3
After reforming the anterior chamber with an ophthalmic viscoelastic device, the tectonic corneal graft was placed and sutured with 16 interrupted nylon 10-0 sutures (Figure 3 (Fig. 3)).