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Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
versión impresa ISSN 0365-6691
Resumen
ALVAREZ-SUAREZ, ML; SANCHEZ-TABAR, L; VIESCAS-FERNANDEZ, MJ y FERNANDEZ-ALAVAREZ, MA. Posterior retinal hole secondary to a candida retinitis. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2005, vol.80, n.7, pp.421-424. ISSN 0365-6691.
Case report: We describe the case of a 36-year-old man with a history of intravenous heroin use, who was HIV negative. Left ocular examination disclosed a focal candida retinitis in the posterior pole associated with vitritis and moderate iritis. Treatment with fluconazole inactived the chorio-retinal lesion and resolved the vitritis, but developed an inner limiting membrane contraction over the macula. Two years later, vitreous traction produced a retinal hole that needed argon laser photocoagulation. Discussion: Candida retinitis which penetrates into the vitreous cavity can produce retinal holes by vitreous traction over the lesion.
Palabras clave : Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis; candida endophthalmitis; candidiasis.