Lower eyelid aspergillosis infection mimicking a pyogenic granuloma in a pregnant lady

Orbital Aspergillosis, a great masquerader: a series of three unusual cases and a review of the literature

“…Aspergillus is a well-known mimicker. 2 Table 1 illustrates a literature review of orbital aspergillus infections. These were variously first misdiagnosed as an unknown malignancy, 3 a paranasal tumor, 4 a necrotic mass thought to be an ocular surface squamous carcinoma in an HIV positive patient, 5 Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, 6 a brownish-black mass protruding through the inferonasal cornea thought to be a malignant melanoma, 7 and on syringing, probing, and silicone tube implantation in a 2-year-old immunocompetent child.…”

Ocular Fungal Infections

“…Among fungal infections in the ocular adnexa, sporotrichosis (lymphocutaneous and fixed cutaneous), blepharitis and paracoccidioidomycosis seem to be the most common palpebral infections in the literature published [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. Other palpebral fungal infections include: blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis and aspergillosis [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. Unlike fungal infections of the eyelid, fungal conjunctivitis is a rare disorder in ophthalmic care because of its low incidence and its unspecific clinical findings.…”