Mycobacterium chimaera choroidal granuloma: A case report and review of the literature
This is an extremely rare report of a patient who received successful treatment for a MC related choroidal granulomatous lesion with accompanying multimodal imaging. The report suggests that similar lesions can be treated with systemic and ocular steroid therapy in combination with systemic antimicrobials.
Authors
- Matthew Pfannenstiel
- Radwan Ajlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5048-327X)
- Morgan K. Penny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7449-1098)
- I. Calderón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8753-6247)
- Maram El-Geneidy
- Rachel Weihe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-5257)
Institutions
- University of Kansas (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Phoenix Medical Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2025.102422
- Primary Topic
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00