Isolated Zygomycetes Endophthalmitis: A Case Report

Juliet Idiga1, Daniel B Rootman, Aaron Nagiel

  • 1*Department of Opthalmology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; and †Department of Opthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Summary

This case study reports the first instance of isolated intraocular mucormycosis in a patient without prior ocular surgery. This rare fungal infection, typically seen in immunocompromised individuals, presented uniquely as isolated eye pain.