XXXX : report of two cases studied histopathologically.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity5517 @entity7180 @entity2631 @entity338 @entity3225 @entity785
We report two cases of @entity3225 . Case 1 is a 66-year-old @entity1 whose left eye was enucleated about one month after onset of @entity227 . Ophthalmoscopic examination disclosed multiple choroidal masses. Six weeks before the onset of ocular manifestations he had undergone a prolonged carotid endarterectomy with intraoperative complications. The source of the @entity5517 was probably exogenous. Case 2 is a 49-year-old @entity1 who had @entity785 ( @entity2631 ) with severe @entity338 . She had received moderate doses of corticosteroids. Seventeen months after initiation of therapy she developed ocular manifestations leading to enucleation of the eye one month later. Histopathologically, the enucleated eyes in both cases showed numerous branching, Gram-positive, filamentous organisms involving mainly the plane of Bruch's membrane and the subretinal space. The nosological and microbiological aspects of @entity7180 are reviewed.
