T Dada1, A Kumar, N Sharma. 1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report a rare association of sympathetic ophthalmia with an antecedent adherent leucoma. METHOD: A 40-year-old patient with an adherent leucoma developed sympathetic ophthalmia in the fellow eye, 15 years after the occurrence of a perforated corneal ulcer. RESULTS: Intravenous pulse dexamethasone therapy followed by tapering oral prednisolone led to complete resolution of the disease process in the sympathising eye. CONCLUSION: Patients with an adherent leucoma subsequent to a perforated corneal ulcer may remain at an increased risk of developing sympathetic ophthalmia during their lifetime.
PURPOSE: To report a rare association of sympathetic ophthalmia with an antecedent adherent leucoma. METHOD: A 40-year-old patient with an adherent leucoma developed sympathetic ophthalmia in the fellow eye, 15 years after the occurrence of a perforated corneal ulcer. RESULTS: Intravenous pulse dexamethasone therapy followed by tapering oral prednisolone led to complete resolution of the disease process in the sympathising eye. CONCLUSION:Patients with an adherent leucoma subsequent to a perforated corneal ulcer may remain at an increased risk of developing sympathetic ophthalmia during their lifetime.
Authors: J Fernando Arevalo; Reinaldo A Garcia; Hassan A Al-Dhibi; Juan G Sanchez; Luis Suarez-Tata Journal: Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Date: 2012-01