Magalhães FP, Lavinsky D, Rossi LV, Barbosa L, Moraes N. Sympathetic ophthalmia after penetrating keratoplasty: a case report evaluated by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
Retin Cases Brief Rep 2012;
6:11-15. [PMID:
25390699 DOI:
10.1097/icb.0b013e3181f7f633]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Sympathetic ophthalmia is a rare, bilateral, diffuse granulomatous uveitis that usually occurs after open globe injury or intraocular surgery. To our knowledge, findings of this condition using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography have not been previously described.
METHODS
Case report.
RESULTS
A case of sympathetic uveitis after a tectonic corneal-scleral keratoplasty because of a fungal keratitis is reported. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic images revealed a multilobular serous retinal detachment in the sympathizing eye. The subretinal space was divided by thin septa into compartments filled with subretinal fluid and some high reflective compounds.
CONCLUSION
Spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic imaging noninvasively demonstrated a multilobular serous retinal detachment in the sympathizing eye, sharing the same features previously reported in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
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