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[Sympathetic ophthalmia, case report].
- Source :
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Oftalmologia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) [Oftalmologia] 2006; Vol. 50 (3), pp. 48-51. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- We present the case of a 61 years old male, who developed symphathetic ophthalmia, following a penetrating injury in one eye. After the injury had been sutured, the traumatized eye was red and painful. Considering the risk of sympathetic ophthalmia, the doctor decided the enucleation of the injured eye, but the patient refused and he had not come back to the recommended follow-ups. He returned to the hospital seven months later with decreased visual acuity in both eyes, caused by bilateral uveitis. The diagnosis was sympathetic ophthalmia. He improved and recovered an acceptable visual acuity after enucleation of the injured eye and the administration of both topical and systemic steroids. But the premature stopping of the maintenance therapy with low-dose systemic steroids, results in a relapse--a worse uveitis.
- Subjects :
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal therapeutic use
Atropine therapeutic use
Diclofenac therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Eye Enucleation
Eye Injuries, Penetrating diagnosis
Eye Injuries, Penetrating therapy
Humans
Male
Methylprednisolone therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Mydriatics therapeutic use
Ophthalmia, Sympathetic diagnosis
Ophthalmia, Sympathetic therapy
Ophthalmic Solutions
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome
Eye Injuries, Penetrating complications
Ophthalmia, Sympathetic etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- ISSN :
- 1220-0875
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Oftalmologia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17144506