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PURPOSE: To describe a case of ocular decompression syndrome in a patient after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C for neovascular glaucoma. RESULTS: Diffuse retinal hemorrhages developed in the posterior pole of a patient with neovascular glaucoma after he underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. The hemorrhages persisted for less than nine months. CONCLUSIONS: Acute decompression of the eye in patients with high intraocular pressure can lead to the development of posterior pole hemorrhages. The course of this rare syndrome is relatively benign.
Prof. J. Danias, Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
9.4.5.1 Neovascular glaucoma (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)
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)