Macular coccidioidomycosis

Can J Ophthalmol. 1982 Jun;17(3):121-3.

Abstract

A 26-year-old woman had an enlarging dense macular lesion in the right eye. The funduscopic and angiographic findings were distinctly different from those in macular histoplasmosis. She was found to have a coccidioidomycotic granuloma in the left lung and was treated with amphotericin B. Within a month the macular lesion was cicatricial. This appears to be the first reported case of presumed ocular coccidioidomycosis in Canada.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Canada
  • Coccidioidomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / drug therapy
  • Coccidioidomycosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / surgery
  • Macula Lutea*
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Amphotericin B