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Limbal and choroidal Cryptococcus infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
C Muccioli1, R Belfort Júnior, R Neves
1Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo-Paulista School of Medicine, Brazil.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|October 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose:
A 30-year-old patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had limbal nodules and multifocal choroidal lesions.
Methods:
A biopsy of the limbal nodules was performed.
Results:
The biopsy showed Cryptococcus neoformans surrounded by thick mucinous capsules without inflammatory cell infiltration.
Conclusion:
In the differential diagnosis of limbal mass in patients with AIDS, cryptococcal infection should be considered.