Title
Subretinal abscess due to Candida tropicalis in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia: case report
Other title
Absceso subretinal por Candida tropicalis en un paciente con leucemia mieloide: reporte de caso
Date Issued
01 February 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
A 54-year-old female patient with a history of acute myeloid leukaemia and receiving maintenance chemotherapy had a systemic relapse. She also had candidaemia caused by Candida tropicalis. Her blood cultures were negative after receiving antifungal treatment. Later, she had an ophthalmological assessment as part of the protocol, without ocular discomfort. In the fundoscopic examination, a whitish chorioretinal lesion was found in the left eye in relation to subretinal abscess, which correlated with retinal angiography and optical coherence tomography. The patient was treated with systemic antifungals with a favourable resolution of the lesion.
Start page
100
End page
103
Volume
97
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Oncología Micología Farmacología, Farmacia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85101151448
PubMed ID
Source
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia
ISSN of the container
03656691
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