title: Mycotic keratitis in a reticulated python.
abstract: An adult male python was observed to have an inflamed right eye. After several weeks of antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy, a granulomatous mass was noticed on the cornea. The condition became progressively worse and the eye was enucleated. The histologic diagnosis was granulomatous mycotic keratitis with panophthalmitis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007634:Keratitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010202:Panophthalmitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D012911:Snakes