Fungal Invasion of a Hydrophilic Soft Contact Lens.

Jun, Yoon Soo; Kim, Man Soo; Kim, Jae Ho

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(3):443-445.
Published online March 1, 1989.

Fungal Invasion of a Hydrophilic Soft Contact Lens.

Yoon Soo Jun, Man Soo Kim, Jae Ho Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

진균에 오염된 Hydrophilic Soft Contact Lens 1 예

전윤수(Yoon Soo Jun),김만수(Man Soo Kim),김재호(Jae Ho Kim)

Abstract

Since Bernstein(1973) initially described a case of fungal invasion of the soft contact lens, sporadic reports have appeared in the literature. A 51 yr old Korean man was seen in our clinic on July 22, 1981. His complaining is photophobia and foreign body sensation of the left eye. He has suffered from the above mentioned chief complaint for 2 days. His visual acuity was 20/20(Right eye) and 20/40(Leftr eye). There were multiple deposits on the soft contact lens. We referred deposits of the contact lens to Toray industries Inc.(Tokyo, Japan). Characteristic fungal colony and mycelium wsa found on the soft contact lens.

Key Words: fungus;contact lens;colony;mycelium