Rev Bras Oftalmol.2010;69(1):59-64

Late panophthalmitis after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

Nikias Alves da
Silva
, Danielle
Carlier
, Felício Aristóteles da
Silva

DOI: 10.1590/S0034-72802010000100011

An intraocular infection is the most terrible complication after a trabeculectomy, usually with significant anatomical consequences and irreversible functional impairment. The case of a 40-year-old male patient with congenital glaucoma, submitted to a trabeculectomy on both eyes at the age of 13, is presented. At the age of 32 a second trabeculectomy with mitomycin C was performed on the right eye. Eight years later he presented with an endophthalmitis in the same eye. Despite intensive local treatment and intravitreous injection, a hypotrophic amaurotic eye resulted with total cataract and retinal detachment.

Late panophthalmitis after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

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