Unusual Pigmented Fungal Keratitis by Fonsecaea Copper Pennies

A 35 year male presented with wooden stick injury and corneal infiltrates. On KOH wet mount, light brown coloured septate round shaped structures – “sclerotic bodies” were visible. Such bodies also known as Copper Pennies are characteristically found in pigmented fungus - Fonsecaea species. The pati...

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Main Authors: Prakash Chand Agarwal, Anjali Sharma, V.K. Saini, Abhijit Awari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-07-01
Series:Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.69
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