J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2011 Aug;52(8):990-993. 10.3341/jkos.2011.52.8.990.

A Case of Endophthalmitis Treated with Surgical Removal of the Inflammatory Plaque on Corneal Endothelium

• Koo NK
• Kim KS
• Kim YC

• KMID: 2214779
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2011.52.8.990

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.

Keyword

Endophthalmitis; Plaque; Voriconazole

MeSH Terms

Anterior Chamber
Cornea
Emergencies
Endophthalmitis
Endothelium, Corneal
Eye
Humans
Lacerations
Male
Middle Aged
Mycelium
Ophthalmic Solutions
Pyrimidines
Triazoles
Visual Acuity
Ophthalmic Solutions
Pyrimidines
Triazoles

Figure

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  Figure 1. Corneal findings before and after primary closure. (A) Full-thickness corneal laceration c prolapsed iris. (B) Clear suture wound after primary closure of lacerated cornea.

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  Figure 2. Photographs showing hypopyon in anterior chamber and inflammatory plaque on the corneal endothelium.

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  Figure 3. Photograph after surgical removal of the inflammatory plaque.

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