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Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
A 68-year-old woman presented with pain in her left eye. Necrosis with calcium plaques was observed on the medial part of the sclera. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the culture of the necrotic area. On systemic work-up including serum and urine electrophoresis studies, the serum monoclonal...
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author | Jo, Dong Hyun Oh, Joo Youn Kim, Mee Kum Heo, Jang Won Lee, Jin Hak Wee, Won Ryang |
author_facet | Jo, Dong Hyun Oh, Joo Youn Kim, Mee Kum Heo, Jang Won Lee, Jin Hak Wee, Won Ryang |
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description | A 68-year-old woman presented with pain in her left eye. Necrosis with calcium plaques was observed on the medial part of the sclera. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the culture of the necrotic area. On systemic work-up including serum and urine electrophoresis studies, the serum monoclonal protein of immunoglobulin G was detected. The patient was diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and fungal scleritis. Despite intensive treatment with topical and oral antifungal agents, scleral inflammation and ulceration progressed, and scleral perforation and endophthalmitis developed. Debridement, antifungal irrigation, and tectonic scleral grafting were performed. The patient underwent a combined pars plana vitrectomy with an intravitreal injection of an antifungal agent. However, scleral and intraocular inflammation progressed, and the eye was enucleated. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the cultures of the eviscerated materials. Giemsa staining of the excised sclera showed numerous fungal hyphae. |
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spelling | pubmed-28820832010-06-08 Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance Jo, Dong Hyun Oh, Joo Youn Kim, Mee Kum Heo, Jang Won Lee, Jin Hak Wee, Won Ryang Korean J Ophthalmol Case Report A 68-year-old woman presented with pain in her left eye. Necrosis with calcium plaques was observed on the medial part of the sclera. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the culture of the necrotic area. On systemic work-up including serum and urine electrophoresis studies, the serum monoclonal protein of immunoglobulin G was detected. The patient was diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and fungal scleritis. Despite intensive treatment with topical and oral antifungal agents, scleral inflammation and ulceration progressed, and scleral perforation and endophthalmitis developed. Debridement, antifungal irrigation, and tectonic scleral grafting were performed. The patient underwent a combined pars plana vitrectomy with an intravitreal injection of an antifungal agent. However, scleral and intraocular inflammation progressed, and the eye was enucleated. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the cultures of the eviscerated materials. Giemsa staining of the excised sclera showed numerous fungal hyphae. The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2010-06 2010-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2882083/ /pubmed/20532146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2010.24.3.175 Text en © 2010 The Korean Ophthalmological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jo, Dong Hyun Oh, Joo Youn Kim, Mee Kum Heo, Jang Won Lee, Jin Hak Wee, Won Ryang Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
title | Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
title_full | Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
title_fullStr | Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
title_full_unstemmed | Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
title_short | Aspergillus fumigatus Scleritis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
title_sort | aspergillus fumigatus scleritis associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20532146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2010.24.3.175 |
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