M L Marques Pereira1, L J Katz. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospital, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report a case of delayed choroidal detachment after treatment with topical latanoprost. METHODS: Interventional case report. Five years after trabeculectomy in a 91-year-old female, a Holmium laser thermal sclerostomy was performed, and a year later, the patient was started on latanoprost.005% every 24 hours and hydrochloride dorzolamide 2% three times daily. RESULTS: Choroidal detachments developed 2.5 years after the sclerostomy; they resolved after discontinuation of the latanoprost and hydrochloride dorzolamide. Subsequently, the patient inadvertently restarted latanoprost. Again, the latanoprost was stopped, with resolution of the choroidal detachments. CONCLUSION: Topical latanoprost may lead to choroidal detachments and hypotony.
PURPOSE: To report a case of delayed choroidal detachment after treatment with topical latanoprost. METHODS: Interventional case report. Five years after trabeculectomy in a 91-year-old female, a Holmium laser thermal sclerostomy was performed, and a year later, the patient was started on latanoprost.005% every 24 hours and hydrochloridedorzolamide 2% three times daily. RESULTS:Choroidal detachments developed 2.5 years after the sclerostomy; they resolved after discontinuation of the latanoprost and hydrochloridedorzolamide. Subsequently, the patient inadvertently restarted latanoprost. Again, the latanoprost was stopped, with resolution of the choroidal detachments. CONCLUSION: Topical latanoprost may lead to choroidal detachments and hypotony.
Authors: Efstathios T Detorakis; Emilia Grammenandi; Ioannis G Pallikaris; Miltiadis K Tsilimbaris Journal: J Ophthalmol Date: 2010-07-13 Impact factor: 1.909