Bernays M E, Peiffer R L
Animal Eye Services, Kessels Road Veterinary Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1998 Aug 15;213(4):507-9.
Pigmented fungi were identified in ocular tissues from 2 cats and 1 dog. The first cat was euthanatized because of acute anterior uveitis that was unresponsive to treatment. On histologic examination, intraocular structures had been obliterated and replaced by a gray coagulum of inflammatory infiltrates and fungal elements. The second cat was treated for unilateral glaucoma that was unresponsive to treatment. A large retrobulbar mass, discovered and removed during an enucleation procedure, contained plant-origin foreign material. Keratitis, episcleritis, and orbital cellulitis with fungal elements were found on examination of the enucleated globe. The dog, examined because of a presumed corneal scratch of 2 weeks' duration that was unresponsive to treatment, had a corneal lesion subsequently removed by lamellar keratectomy that contained fungi on histologic examination. Infections caused by dematiaceous fungi are not common in domestic animals, and, to our knowledge, such infections in the eye have not been described.
在2只猫和1只狗的眼部组织中发现了色素真菌。第一只猫因急性前葡萄膜炎对治疗无反应而被安乐死。组织学检查显示，眼内结构已被破坏，取而代之的是由炎性浸润和真菌成分组成的灰色凝块。第二只猫因单侧青光眼对治疗无反应而接受治疗。在眼球摘除手术中发现并切除了一个巨大的球后肿块，其中含有植物源性异物。对摘除的眼球进行检查时发现了伴有真菌成分的角膜炎、巩膜炎和眼眶蜂窝织炎。这只狗因疑似持续2周的角膜擦伤对治疗无反应而接受检查，随后通过板层角膜切除术切除了一个角膜病变，组织学检查发现其中含有真菌。暗色真菌引起的感染在家畜中并不常见，据我们所知，尚未有此类眼部感染的报道。
