Muir-Torre syndrome is a rare, autosomal dominant condition characterized by the presence of a skin tumor of sebaceous differentiation and visceral malignancies. We reviewed the case of a 46-year-old Chinese man who had a bleeding mass over the right upper eyelid. He had a history of colon cancer and a family history satisfying the Amsterdam criteria for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome with germline mutation in the MutS homolog-2 gene.
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August 2011
Purpose: To report a case of acute renal failure after topical fortified gentamicin and vancomycin eyedrops in the treatment of endophthalmitis.
Methods: A 67-year-old lady with diabetes mellitus was treated for bleb-related endophthalmitis. After intravitreal antibiotics, she was given oral ciprofloxacin, fortified gentamicin, and vancomycin eyedrops.