TY - JOUR A2 - Boboridis, Kostas G. AU - Balamurugan, S. AU - Khodifad, Ashish PY - 2016 DA - 2016/11/21 TI - Endogenous Fusarium Endophthalmitis in Diabetes Mellitus SP - 6736413 VL - 2016 AB - Endogenous endophthalmitis accounts for 2% to 8% of cases of endophthalmitis. Immunocompromised state and intravenous drug use are the 2 most common causes of endogenous endophthalmitis due to molds fungi. Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Scedosporium are the common organisms in mold endophthalmitis. We report a case of Fusarium endophthalmitis in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes. While diabetes mellitus is a well-known risk factor for endogenous endophthalmitis, we did not find any reported case of Fusarium endophthalmitis in a case of diabetes mellitus. The patient presented with granulomatous uveitis masquerading as noninfectious uveitis with a very good response to steroids. The characteristic clinical features were established late in the clinical course associated with poor outcome. This case highlights the significance of uncontrolled diabetes as a risk factor for Fusarium endophthalmitis and also the presentation of endophthalmitis as a masquerade syndrome. The clinician should have high index of suspicion as these cases have poor outcomes. SN - 2090-6722 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6736413 DO - 10.1155/2016/6736413 JF - Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -