[Posterior retinal hole secondary to a candida retinitis].
METHODS
We describe the case of a 36-year-old man with a history of intravenous heroin use, who was HIV negative. Left ocular examination disclosed a focal candida retinitis in the posterior pole associated with vitritis and moderate iritis. Treatment with fluconazole inactived the chorio-retinal lesion and resolved the vitritis, but developed an inner limiting membrane contraction over the macula. Two years later, vitreous traction produced a retinal hole that needed argon laser photocoagulation.


CONCLUSIONS
Candida retinitis which penetrates into the vitreous cavity can produce retinal holes by vitreous traction over the lesion.
Alvarez-Suárez
M L
ML
Hospital Alvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
Sánchez-Tabar
L
L
Viescas-Fernández
M J
MJ
Fernández-Alvarez
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012173:Retinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole