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Intraocular Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosed by Skin Biopsy
Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:674-677.
Objective To describe ocular findings in 2 patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis diagnosed by skin biopsy.
Methods The clinical and histopathologic findings of the 2 patients were reviewed retrospectively.
Results One patient had a unilateral, granulomatous iridocyclitis with multiple iris nodules and a large vascularized anterior chamber mass, in the setting of pulmonary, cutaneous, and skeletal infection by Coccidioides immitis. The second patient developed papilledema and multifocal chorioretinitis accompanied by pulmonary, cutaneous, and meningeal C immitis infection. In each case, examination of the skin biopsy specimen revealed C immitis spherules. Treatments included local and systemic amphotericin B and oral fluconazole.
Conclusions Although rare, intraocular involvement can occur in the setting of disseminated coccidioidomycosis. A thorough systemic evaluation and biopsy of suspicious skin lesions can aid in the diagnosis.
Emmett T. Cunningham, Jr, MD, PhD, MPH;
Stuart R. Seiff, MD;
Timothy G. Berger, MD;
Paul E. Lizotte, DO;
Edward L. Howes, Jr;
Jonathan C. Horton, MD, PhD
From The Francis I. Proctor Foundation (Dr Cunningham); and the Departments of Ophthalmology (Drs Cunningham, Seiff, and Horton and Mr Howes), Dermatology (Dr Berger), Nuclear Medicine (Dr Lizotte), and Pathology (Mr Howes), University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
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