Sympathetic ophthalmia after penetrating keratoplasty: a case report evaluated by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

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.

• Authors: Fernanda P Magalhães, Daniel Lavinsky, Lucas V Rossi, Luciene Barbosa, Nilva Moraes
• Journal: Retinal cases & brief reports (Retin Cases Brief Rep) Vol. 6 Issue 1 Pg. 11-5 ( 2012) ISSN: 1935-1089 [Print] United States
• PMID: 25390699 (Publication Type: Journal Article)