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Abstract #24951 Published in IGR 11-4

Recurrent anterior uveitis after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

Hamid M; Moubayed SP; Duval R; Fortin E; Lesk M; L Gi
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2009; 44: 697-699


Objective: To report 4 cases of recurrent anterior uveitis occurring 1–11 months after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. Design: Observational case series. Participants: Four patients in whom recurrent uveitis developed after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C, followed at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Methods: Retrospective review of the medical records. Results: One to 11 months after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C, noninfectious, recurrent anterior uveitis developed in 4 patients with no prior history of uveitis. Topical and intravitreal corticosteroids were effective in reducing acute inflammation, yet 2 patients went on to have chronic anterior uveitis. Conclusions: Recurrent anterior uveitis presenting later than 3 weeks postoperatively may be associated with trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of a nonresolving blebitis.


Classification:

12.8.10 Woundhealing antifibrosis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)



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