Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis associated with scleral melting and staphyloma formation: Diagnosis and management

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-33

  Castelino, Aarti Mary ^a   Rao, Srinivas K ^a,b   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Gopal, Lingam ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a   Kumar, S Krishna ^a  

^a SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cleral ectasia; Rhinosporidiosis; Staphyloma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMYCETALES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIOSTEUM; RHINOSPORIDIOSIS; SCLERA; SCLERAL DISEASES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0033987182     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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