Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Jun 2014)

Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome and possibly causing cortical cataract

  • Mariana Heid Rocha Hemerly,
  • Marcelo Berno Mattos,
  • Fábio Petersen Saraiva,
  • Fellipe Berno Mattos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/0034-7280.20140038
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 3
pp. 174 – 177

Abstract

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According to the World Health Organization, cataract is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment throughout the world. However, the etiology of cataracts often remains unknown. This report describes the development of cortical cataract in a patient after Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.

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