Bulbar conjunctival sporotrichosis presenting as a salmon-pink tumor

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 573-576

  Kashima, Tomoyuki ^a   Honma, Rika ^a   Kishi, Shoji ^a   Hirato, Junko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pathology; Potassium iodide; Salmon pink conjunctival tumor; Sporotrichosis; Topical fluconazole

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOCABASTINE; OFLOXACIN; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BULBAR CONJUNCTIVAL SPOROTRICHOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERITIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 77951766068     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ba7039     Document Type: Article

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