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Thirty consecutive patients with biopsy-proved mycosis fungoides were examined ophthalmologically. Specific ocular changes, judged directly related to the mycosis fungoides, were found in 11 of the 30 subjects, usually in the late plaque or tumor stages of the disease. Tumors, especially involving the lids, were the most common ophthalmic finding. Keratitis, uveitis, and optic atrophy were also described. A review of the literature is given, and changes found in patients in this series correlate well with ophthalmic findings presented in diverse isolated case reports. It seems that the frequency of ophthalmic pathologic findings in mycosis fungoides is much more common than previously assumed

One hundred consecutive donor corneas which had been preserved in McCarey-Kaufman medium and used in actual keratoplasties were studied. The residual medium and button remnants were cultured for bacterial and fungal growth. Coagulase-positive staphylococci were recovered in three cases, coagulase-negative staphylococcus in one and Rhodotorula sp. in another; no associated postoperative infections were reported, although one patient was regrafted 48 hours after the initial keratoplasty for "graft decompensation"--the initial button was not submitted for reculture. One additional specimen was processed. A cracked vial with clear contained fluid was held for culture; Pseudomonas cepacia was grown from the fluid. Other samples in undamaged vials from the same lot did not show contamination.