Fatal disseminated cryptococcosis following intraocular involvement. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 33-year-old man was treated with systemic steroids for a retinal inflammatory lesion before the diagnosis of cryptococcal retinitis and meningitis was suspected. He died from central nervous system disease despite treatment with parenteral antifungals. Histopathological studies demonstrated ocular and disseminated systemic infection with Cryptococcus neoformans. Direct cryptococcal involvement of the eye is rare and is usually associated with disseminated disease. Systemic steroids must be used with caution, and patients who take these drugs require frequent monitoring.

publication date

  • March 1, 1988

Research

keywords

  • Cryptococcosis
  • Meningitis
  • Retinitis

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC1041400

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023853132

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1136/bjo.72.3.171

PubMed ID

  • 3355803

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 72

issue

  • 3