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case_images: Slit lamp biomicroscopy of cornea of case 1 in diffuse illumination with central mid to deep stromal infiltrate and surrounding stromal edema.
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case_images: F1
case_images: Trichrome stain (figure 7), 1% acid fast stain (figure 8) and variably with GMS.
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case_images: Slit lamp biomicroscopy of cornea of case 3 in diffuse illumination shows a large stromal infiltrate.
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case_images: F2
case_images: He was on regular follow-up and seven months later a recurrence was seen with a stromal infiltrate and the presence of endothelial exudates (figure 2).
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case_images: Slit lamp biomicroscopy of cornea of case 4 in diffuse illumination shows two discreet stromal infiltrates.
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case_images: F3
case_images: Left eye lids were edematous, conjunctiva was congested, cornea showed the presence of an anterior mid stromal infiltrate in nasal paracentral area with overlying epithelial defect of 1.5 x 1.5 mm (figure 3).
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case_images: Slit lamp biomicroscopy of cornea of case 1 in diffuse illumination with central mid to deep stromal infiltrate and surrounding stromal edema.
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case_images: F1
case_images: Trichrome stain (figure 7), 1% acid fast stain (figure 8) and variably with GMS.
case_images: Gram stain of corneal scraping showing gram positive oval microsporidial spores (x500, 4a).
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case_images: F4
case_images: The Gram (figure 4) and Giemsa stained smears revealed variable staining of the parasites.
case_images: 1% acid fast stain of corneal scraping showing acid fast positive oval microsporidial spores (x500, 4b).
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case_images: F5
case_images: The parasite was acid fast and appeared as red oval structure on smears stained with 1% acid fast stain (figure 5).
case_images: Section showing intact epithelium, with deep stromal infiltrates (arrow) (Hematoxylin and Eosin stain, x20).
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case_images: F6
case_images: There was moderate to severe stromal inflammation, at places forming micro abscess (fig 6).
case_images: Section of corneal button which shows oval bluish purple spores of microsporidia with a dark band (modified grams chromotrope stain, x1000).
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case_images: F7
case_images: Trichrome stain (figure 7), 1% acid fast stain (figure 8) and variably with GMS.
case_images: Section of corneal button in which the spores appear red with darkly stained band at the tip (1% acid-fast stain, x1000).
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case_images: F8
case_images: Trichrome stain (figure 7), 1% acid fast stain (figure 8) and variably with GMS.
case_images: Section of corneal button of case 4 showing marked thinning in the central stroma (descematocele, arrow).
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case_images: F9
case_images: The case with corneal scar and a descematocele showed a corneal scar with marked thinning in the central stroma (figure 9).
case_images: Section of corneal button of case 4 showing the presence of oval, spores of microsporidia in the stroma, unaccompanied by inflammatory infiltrates (PAS stain, x500).
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case_images: F10
case_images: There was no inflammatory infiltrate, but the stroma showed oval, spores of microsporidia in all section (figure 10).
case_images: The electron microscopic examination of the corneal button revealing macrophage with three spores.
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case_images: F11
case_images: The semithin sections of these tissues showed many viable, mature, immature, and degenerated spores, many of them being intracellular. The electron microscopic examination revealed an electron lucent thick capsule with a single nucleus and 11 - 13 tubules in the cytoplasm (figure 11 with inset as figure 12).
case_images: Inset shows an electron lucent thick capsule with a single nucleus and 11 - 13 tubules in the cytoplasm.
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case_images: F12
case_images: The semithin sections of these tissues showed many viable, mature, immature, and degenerated spores, many of them being intracellular. The electron microscopic examination revealed an electron lucent thick capsule with a single nucleus and 11 - 13 tubules in the cytoplasm (figure 11 with inset as figure 12).