| Title | Herpetic keratitis and keratouveitis after mitomycin-C use in glaucoma filtering surgery: a short case series. | | Author(s) | Rao A, Tandon R, Sharma N, Sihota R, Gupta V, Dada T | | Institution | Glaucoma Services, R.P. Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - India. | | Source | Eur J Ophthalmol 2009 Jul 10. | | Abstract | Purpose. We report 4 eyes of 3 patients with presumed herpetic keratitis/keratouveitis after glaucoma surgery wherein intraoperative mitomycin-C was used. Methods. Three patients, aged 18-75 years, were found to have unilateral or bilateral herpetic keratitis and/or keratouveitis, 15 days to 2 years after trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C.
Results. All 3 cases healed without any sequelae after 4 to 6 weeks with topical and/or systemic acyclovir. Topical steroids were used in cases with stromal involvement.
Conclusions. Mitomycin-C may predispose/facilitate development of herpetic keratitis/keratouveitis up to 2 years after glaucoma surgery. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19882558 |
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