Sympathetic Ophthalmia Following an Evisceration Surgery—A Case Report
Rahmah Javed, Saba Al‐Khairy, Hamna Khan, Hamna Raheel, Abdul Moeed, Salim Surani · 2024
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Description
Rahmah Javed and five co-authors report a rare eye disease that struck a woman's healthy eye after surgery on the other. The disease, sympathetic ophthalmia, inflames both eyes after one is cut or injured. A thirty-two-year-old woman in Karachi had her left eye's contents removed after a corneal hole from untreated infection. A week later her right eye grew painful with fading sight.
An exam showed the classic signs of the disease, with deposits on the cornea, sticking iris, and a swollen optic disc. Strong steroids failed, but a second drug, methotrexate, calmed the inflammation and restored much of her sight. The authors note the case as the first of its kind reported from Pakistan and urge fast treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rahmah Javed, Saba Al‐Khairy, Hamna Khan, Hamna Raheel, Abdul Moeed, Salim Surani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |