Korean J Ophthalmol.  2015 Jun;29(3):205-207. 10.3341/kjo.2015.29.3.205.

A Case of Sympathetic Ophthalmia after 23-Gauge Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy

• Yoon JM
• Cho GE
• Kang SW

• KMID: 2363761
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2015.29.3.205

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Choroid/pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ophthalmia, Sympathetic/*etiology/pathology
Retina/pathology
Retinal Detachment/surgery
Vitrectomy/*adverse effects

Figure

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  Fig. 1 At the onset of sympathetic ophthalmia, color fundus photography in both eyes showed retinal folds (A,B). Optical coherence tomography in both eyes showed subretinal fluid, choroidal thickening, and choroidal folds (C,D). Fundus fluorescein angiography in both eyes showed multiple pinpoint leakages at the level of retinal pigment epithelium in the late phase (E,F). After treatment with oral prednisolone, optical coherence tomography revealed disappearance of the subretinal fluid (G,H).

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