Aspergillus Iris Granuloma: A Case Report with Review of Literature

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-291

  Jain, Vandana ^a   Dabir, Supriya ^b   Shome, Debraj ^a,c   Dadu, Tina ^d   Natarajan, Sundaram ^b  

^a Orbital Diseases   (India)

^b ADITYA JYOT EYE HOSPITAL PVT LTD   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; giant cell granuloma; iris granuloma; microbiological evaluation; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; GONIOSCOPY; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS GRANULOMA; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATROPINE; AZA COMPOUNDS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; IRIS DISEASES; MALE; NATAMYCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLINES;

EID: 61949375647     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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