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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Case report
Unilateral endogenous fungal endophthalmitis after esophageal cancer surgery: a case report
Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Issue 1/2018
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Background
This study reports a case of Unilateral Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis After Esophageal Cancer Surgery.
Case presentation
One patient presented with a month-long loss of vision in his left eye, he had surgery for esophageal cancer 2 months earlier. The patient underwent cataract surgery (by phacoemulsification) in the left eye combined with 25-gauge vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade. The microbiological culture pointed to infection with Candida albicans. At 3-month follow-up, the unaided visual acuity of left eye was 0.02 and corrected visual acuity was 0.2. In addition, there was no recurrence of the endophthalmitis within 1 year of the surgery.
Conclusion
The early diagnosis of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis is difficult, and the disease is very likely to be misdiagnosed as uveitis. It is therefore critical to improve awareness of this condition and to reduce the incidence of its misdiagnosis.