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Abstract #106993 Published in IGR 23-4

Barium-induced toxic anterior segment syndrome

Matsushita K; Kawashima R; Hashida N; Hamano Y; Harada K; Higashisaka K; Baba K; Sato S; Huang W; Matsumoto H; Hamanaka T; Quantock AJ; Nishida K
European Journal of Ophthalmology 2023; 33: NP31-NP35


Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is a rapid-onset inflammation of the eye following uneventful ocular surgery. We report a case of TASS following Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI) surgery. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) identified barium in the eye and in the eluate from the bleb of the BGI. We attribute TASS in our patient to the dissolution of barium from the BGI and its entry into the eye, where it causes severe inflammation.

Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

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