Subconjunctival mycetoma as an unusual cause of tears with black deposits.

Author Affiliations: Research Center for Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University (Dr Ueta) and Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (Drs Ueta, Sotozono, Yokoi, Inatomi, and Kinoshita), Kyoto, Japan. Correspondence: Dr Ueta, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Hirokoji, Kawaramachi, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 6020841, Japan ([email protected]). Financial Disclosure: None reported. Funding/Support: This work was supported in part by grants-in-aid for scientific research from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (Research on Intractable Diseases), the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, a research grant from the Kyoto Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science, the Intramural Research Fund of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, a Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant, and a research grant from the Japan Allergy Foundation. Additional Contributions: Chikako Endo provided technical assistance.