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Abstract #13786 Published in IGR 8-2
Ultrastructure of the trabecular meshwork in secondary glaucoma eyes after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide
Kubota T; Okabe H; Hisatomi T; Yamakiri K; Sakamoto T; Tawara AJournal of Glaucoma 2006; 15: 117-119
PURPOSE: To study the histology of the trabecular meshwork of eyes with glaucoma by intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA). DESIGN: Two cases report. PARTICIPANTS/METHODS: A 68-year-old Japanese man with branch retinal vein occlusion and a 48-year-old Japanese woman with uveitis were treated by cataract surgery, intraocular lens implantation, and TA-assisted pars plana vitrectomy. At the end of surgery, TA suspension (4 mg) was intravitreously injected. During the follow-up period, the intraocular pressure (IOP) of the patients increased over 30 mmHg even with full medication. Trabeculectomy was performed at 4 months after TA injection in case 1 and at 6 months in case 2, and intraocular pressure returned to the normal range in both cases. Light and electron microscopic studies of the resected trabecular tissue were carried out. RESULTS: The histology showed minimal deposition of extracellular matrix in the trabecular meshwork in case 1. Case 2 showed the beginnings of deposition of extracellular matrix including fingerprintlike material in the trabecular meshwork with decreased intertrabecular spaces. CONCLUSIONS: The ultrastructural changes in the trabecular meshwork of eyes with glaucoma after treatment with intravitreal TA might resemble those with glaucoma after topical corticosteroid treatment.
Dr. T. Kubota, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Classification:
2.5.1 Trabecular meshwork (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma > 2.5 Meshwork)
9.4.1 Steroid-induced glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
