Scleral window surgery and topical mitomycin C for nanophthalmic uveal effusion complicated by renal failure: case report.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To describe the case of a 16-year-old patient with nanophthalmic uveal effusion associated with renal failure that was treated with scleral window surgery and topical administration of mitomycin C (MMC).

METHODS:

Case report.

RESULTS:

Total uveal effusion was restored in the nanophthalmic eyes. Partial-thickness scleral flap with deep sclerostomy was performed and topical MMC was administered to one quadrant of the equatorial sclera. The subretinal fluid resorbed gradually.

CONCLUSIONS:

Topical MMC might relieve the blocked transscleral outflow of intraocular fluid in the small area of a sclerostomy in young patients with nanophthalmos or in patients with renal failure in whom uveal effusion occurs repeatedly.

• Authors: Yumi Suzuki, Sachiko Nishina, Noriyuki Azuma
• Journal: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol) Vol. 245 Issue 5 Pg. 755-7 (May 2007) ISSN: 0721-832X [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17024441 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
• Mitomycin

Topics

• Administration, Topical
• Adolescent
• Antibiotics, Antineoplastic (administration & dosage)
• Choroid (blood supply)
• Exudates and Transudates
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Microphthalmos (complications)
• Mitomycin (administration & dosage)
• Renal Insufficiency (complications)
• Sclera (pathology, surgery)
• Surgical Flaps
• Syndrome
• Uveal Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)