An Iris Tumor Secondary to Talaromyces Marneffei Infection in a Patient with AIDS and Syphilis.

PURPOSE: To report a case of iris tumor secondary to Talaromyces marneffei infection in a patient with AIDS and syphilis.

CASE REPORT: A 25-year-old man presented with gradual vision decrease in the right eye for 2 months. Ocular examination revealed best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 0.12 and a vascularized and solid tumor at inferotemporal iris base in the right eye. There were some papulonecrotic skin lesions. Both serum treponema pallidum particle agglutination and human immunodeficiency virus antibody were positive. Non-target metagenome next-generation sequencing detected Talaromyces marneffei in the skin lesion and aqueous humor. After 8 weeks of oral voriconazole and fluconazole eyedrop treatment, the iris tumor completely subsided, and the BCVA improved to 1.0.

CONCLUSION

Talaromyces marneffei infection may present as an iris tumor. Metagenome next-generation sequencing is helpful in diagnosis. Oral and topical anti-fungus therapy was sufficient to regress the disease without intraocular injection.