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Case Reports
. 2009 Sep;28(8):933-5.
doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181930bb7.

Subconjunctival mycetoma after sub-Tenon's corticosteroid injection

Anat Galor  1 , Carol L Karp, Richard K Forster, Sander R Dubovy, Morgan L Gaunt, Darlene Miller
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Subconjunctival mycetoma after sub-Tenon's corticosteroid injection

Anat Galor et al. Cornea. 2009 Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a case of a subconjunctival mycetoma that developed after a patient received a sub-Tenon's injection of triamcinolone acetonide.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 76-year-old white male presented with a subconjunctival mass in the area of a previous posterior sub-Tenon's corticosteroid injection for wet age-related macular degeneration. Microbiologic and pathologic analysis of the mass revealed the causative organism to be the pigmented fungus Exophiala jeanselmei.

Conclusion: This is the first published case of an Exophiala-associated subconjunctival mycetoma.

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