| Title | Choroidal effusion following continuous positive airway pressure treatment. | | Author(s) | Simaroj P, Preechawat P | | Institution | Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. | | Source | J Med Assoc Thai 2009 Jul; 92(7):987-9. | | Abstract | A 46-year-old man was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and began using a nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during sleep for a month. He presented with the complaint of a painful blurred vision in his left eye upon awakening two days earlier. His visual acuity was 20/25 both eyes. There was a mild anterior chamber reaction in the left eye. Fundus examination showed a localized choroidal effusion at the inferotemporal part of the left retina. The patient received topical 0.1% dexamethasone four times daily and temporarily discontinued the CPAP. By one week after treatment, the choroidal effusion was completely resolved | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19626821 |
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