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Fungal Endophthalmitis on Ocular Ultrasound: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Endophthalmitis is a rare intraocular infection caused by numerous organisms from several possible sources. Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare subset of this pathology with limited diagnostics available. One of the few options to make this diagnosis is vitreous sampling, which is invasiv...

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Autores principales: Fender, Kimberly, Bautista, Merrick, Patel, Hiten, Ostro, Benjamin, Boulger, Creagh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35226845
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.10.53797
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author Fender, Kimberly
Bautista, Merrick
Patel, Hiten
Ostro, Benjamin
Boulger, Creagh
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description INTRODUCTION: Endophthalmitis is a rare intraocular infection caused by numerous organisms from several possible sources. Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare subset of this pathology with limited diagnostics available. One of the few options to make this diagnosis is vitreous sampling, which is invasive, and results are not immediately available. CASE REPORT: This case report describes the successful use of point-of-care ultrasound to visualize an intraocular fungal mass in a 60-year-old male who presented to the emergency department (ED) with two weeks of left eye pain and erythema approximately two months postoperative from a cataract extraction surgery. CONCLUSION: Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare and challenging diagnosis. Methods of diagnosing this pathology are not readily available in the ED. Point-of-care ultrasound may be a useful adjunct for the prompt diagnosis of fungal endophthalmitis.
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spelling pubmed-88852162022-03-01 Fungal Endophthalmitis on Ocular Ultrasound: A Case Report Fender, Kimberly Bautista, Merrick Patel, Hiten Ostro, Benjamin Boulger, Creagh Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report INTRODUCTION: Endophthalmitis is a rare intraocular infection caused by numerous organisms from several possible sources. Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare subset of this pathology with limited diagnostics available. One of the few options to make this diagnosis is vitreous sampling, which is invasive, and results are not immediately available. CASE REPORT: This case report describes the successful use of point-of-care ultrasound to visualize an intraocular fungal mass in a 60-year-old male who presented to the emergency department (ED) with two weeks of left eye pain and erythema approximately two months postoperative from a cataract extraction surgery. CONCLUSION: Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare and challenging diagnosis. Methods of diagnosing this pathology are not readily available in the ED. Point-of-care ultrasound may be a useful adjunct for the prompt diagnosis of fungal endophthalmitis. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8885216/ /pubmed/35226845 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.10.53797 Text en © 2022 Fender. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Fungal Endophthalmitis on Ocular Ultrasound: A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed Fungal Endophthalmitis on Ocular Ultrasound: A Case Report
title_short Fungal Endophthalmitis on Ocular Ultrasound: A Case Report
title_sort fungal endophthalmitis on ocular ultrasound: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35226845
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