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Abstract #18198 Published in IGR 9-2
Scleral window surgery and topical mitomycin C for nanophthalmic uveal effusion complicated by renal failure: case report
Suzuki Y; Nishina S; Azuma NGraefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2007; 245: 755-757
PURPOSE: To describe the case of a 16-year-old patient with nanophthalmic uveal effusion associated with renal failure that was treated with scleral window surgery and topical administration of mitomycin C (MMC). METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Total uveal effusion was restored in the nanophthalmic eyes. Partial-thickness scleral flap with deep sclerostomy was performed and topical MMC was administered to one quadrant of the equatorial sclera. The subretinal fluid resorbed gradually. CONCLUSIONS: Topical MMC might relieve the blocked transscleral outflow of intraocular fluid in the small area of a sclerostomy in young patients with nanophthalmos or in patients with renal failure in whom uveal effusion occurs repeatedly.
Dr. Y. Suzuki, Department of Ophthalmology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1, Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan, azuma-n@ncchd.go.jp
Classification:
9.4.5.5 Other (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)
12.8.10 Woundhealing antifibrosis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
