ENDOGENOUS NOCARDIA ENDOPHTHALMITIS - REPORT OF A CASE IN A PATIENT TREATED FOR LYMPHOCYTIC LYMPHOMA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 9  (9) , 1123-+
Abstract
A patient with pulmonary, cerebral and intraocular nocardiosis is reported. The intraocular disease was first recognized at autopsy. Only 7 patients with intraocular nocardiosis were described previously. The intraocular lesions were central and paracentral, and the distribution resembled those described in 5 of the previous patients with metastatic intraocular disease. The ocular histology differed from those cases previously reported in that a granulomatous reaction accompanied the suppurative component. Malignant lymphoma treated with radiation therapy, cytotoxic drugs and steroids formed the background against which the disease occurred in this patient.

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