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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 30-32 |
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Tenon's graft melt: A case report
Venugopal Anitha1, Aditee Madkaikar2, Meenakshi Ravindran3
1 Cornea and Refractive Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Paediatric and Strabismus Surgery, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Venugopal Anitha
Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, S.N High Road, Tirunelveli Junction – 627 001, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_967_22
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A 48-year-old female underwent a Tenon's patch graft for a perforated ulcer done during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) times. Five months later, the patient presented to us with Tenon's graft melt due to the infection of the graft and the corneal stroma with Curvularia. The patient was successfully treated with appropriate topical, commonly used antifungal therapy with a good outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of case describing the predisposing factors, clinical features, and the management of autologous Tenon's graft infection with Curvularia fungus, a rare occurrence in literature.
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