1. [A case of severe glaucoma with pseudopemphigoid successfully treated by filtration surgery using amniotic membrane].
- Author
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Hino K, Mori K, Sotozono C, Ikeda Y, Naruse S, Ishibashi T, Nanjo Y, and Kinoshita S
- Subjects
- Aged, 80 and over, Amnion, Carteolol adverse effects, Carteolol therapeutic use, Glaucoma drug therapy, Humans, Male, Pilocarpine therapeutic use, Postoperative Complications, Filtering Surgery, Glaucoma surgery, Pemphigoid, Bullous chemically induced, Pilocarpine adverse effects
- Abstract
Background: It is necessary to decrease topical anti-glaucoma medication for severe glaucoma with pseudopemphigoid caused by anti-glaucoma eye drops. Glaucoma filtrating surgery is often needed instead of medication, but the prognosis is poor because it induces scar fomation and makes the filtrating bleb vanish., Case: An 85-year-old male patient with exfoliation syndrome had twice undergone glaucoma surgery about ten years previously. His intra-ocular pressure (IOP) was high despite topical anti-glaucoma medication. At the first examination in our hospital, he had severe superficial punctate keratopathy, blephariticshortening and symblepharon, and we therefore diagnosed severe pseudopemphigoid induced by anti-glaucoma eye drops. Because his IOP could not be controlled by topical and general medication, we conducted a glaucoma filtrating operation using amniotic membrane., Conclusion: The administration of oral anti-inflammatory drugs before and after surgery and the use of amniotic membrane prevented post-operative scar formation and the progress of symblepharon, resulting in the successful control of IOP after surgery.
- Published
- 2006