J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 52(8); 2011 > Article
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2011;52(8):990-993.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2011.52.8.990    Published online August 15, 2011.
A Case of Endophthalmitis Treated with Surgical Removal of the Inflammatory Plaque on Corneal Endothelium.
Nam Kyun Koo, Kwang Soo Kim, Yu Cheol Kim
1Department of Ophthalmology, Dongkang Medical Center, Ulsan, Korea.
2Department of Ophthalmology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. eyedr@dsmc.or.kr
염증성 각막내피반의 수술적 제거로 치유한 안내염 1예
구남균1⋅김광수2⋅김유철2
Department of Ophthalmology, Dongkang Medical Center1, Ulsan, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University College of Medicine2, Daegu, Korea
Abstract
PURPOSE
To report a case of endophthalmitis treated with surgical removal of the inflammatory endothelial plaque. CASE SUMMARY: A 61-year-old male was transferred to our clinic due to corneal laceration of the left eye. An emergency operation for the lacerated cornea was performed. After the operation, the patient had no specific symptoms for 8 months but then visited our clinic with sudden decreased visual acuity. On slit lamp examination, the patient had some chamber reactions. Anterior chamber reactions exacerbated after 2 months and the best corrected visual acuity was decreased from 1.0 to 0.08. An inflammatory corneal endothelial plaque and endothelial precipitates had developed. The posterior segment was not visualized due to the severe anterior chamber inflammatory reaction. No growth was observed on bacterial or fungal cultures. However, administration of eye drops and oral voriconazole were initiated based on a clinical impression suspicious of fungal infection. Despite the treatment, the infection did not respond. Voriconazole was then directly injected into the vitreous and anterior chamber. Although the patient's best corrected visual acuity slightly improved, the inflammatory reactions of the anterior chamber and vitreous did not. The inflammatory endothelial plaque on the patient's cornea was then surgically removed and the best corrected visual acuity improved to 1.0. Mycelium was detected on the KOH smear of the endothelial plaque. There were no further inflammatory reactions in the anterior chamber or vitreous after surgical removal of the endothelial plaque.
Key Words: Endophthalmitis;Plaque;Voriconazole


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