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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr 28:13:52-56.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.04.019. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Ocular adnexal sporotrichosis: A case series

Joaquín Felipe Ramírez-Oliveros  1 , Regina Casz Schechtman  1 , Henry John de Vries  2   3 , Leonardo Lora  1 , Andrea Cardoso Arinelli  4 , José Augusto da Costa Nery  1   5 , Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas  5   6
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Ocular adnexal sporotrichosis: A case series

Joaquín Felipe Ramírez-Oliveros et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
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Keywords: Sporothrix species; conjunctiva; eyelid; ocular adnexa; sporotrichosis.

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Fig 1
Case 1: A 65-year-old woman with eyelid involvement. A, Erythematous-infiltrated nodules. B, One month after first clinical appointment: crusts on the left upper eyelid and medial canthus.
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Case 2: A 7-year-old girl with dacryocystitis with a fistula on the inferior right eyelid. A, Acute phase with edema, erythema, and crust. B, Chronic phase, with scar and epiphora.
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Case 3: A 47-year-old woman with “primary conjunctival sporotrichosis.” Clinical presentation at admission: membranous yellowish lesion, with a smooth and shiny surface involving the plica semilunaris and caruncle of the left eye, associated with conjunctival hyperemia and purulent exudate.
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Fig 4
Classification and differentiation of ocular adnexal sporotrichosis.
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