A Case of Metastatic Endophthalmitis Accompanied by Septicemia.

Kim, Shi Young; Chang, Won Ui; Shyn, Kyung Hwan

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1977;18(1):101-107.
Published online January 1, 1977.

A Case of Metastatic Endophthalmitis Accompanied by Septicemia.

Shi Young Kim, Won Ui Chang, Kyung Hwan Shyn

Department of Ophthalmology, Han Gang Sacred Heart Hospital, Chung Ang University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

전이성 내안구염 (內眼球炎) 1례

김시영 , 장원의 , 신경환 ( Shi Young Kim , Won Ui Chang , Kyung Hwan Shin )

Abstract

In the environment we live, there are myriad numbers of infective organisms which are virulent or not. If eyes are exposed to them eyes may be inflammed. Eye is sensitive to inflammation as it differ from other organs anatomically and physiologically. Since metastatic endophthalmitis had been noted at first by Virchow in 1856, large numbers of eye became blind on the diagnosis of this disease. But as antibiotics were developed, it has been thought to be cured. Authors report here a case of endophthalmitis accompanied by septicemia. Patient was cured completely without any visual hinderance.