Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis

A 29-year-old woman who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopic astigmatism in both eyes presented with severe pain, photophobia and decreased visual acuity in the left eye eight days after surgery. Examination revealed severe anterior uveitis with fibrinous exudates in the anterio...

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Autores principales: Parmar, Pragya, Salman, Amjad, Rajmohan, M, Jesudasan, Nelson CA
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19574707
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.53064
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author Parmar, Pragya
Salman, Amjad
Rajmohan, M
Jesudasan, Nelson CA
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description A 29-year-old woman who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopic astigmatism in both eyes presented with severe pain, photophobia and decreased visual acuity in the left eye eight days after surgery. Examination revealed severe anterior uveitis with fibrinous exudates in the anterior chamber, flap edema and epithelial bullae. Laboratory investigations for uveitis were negative and the patient required systemic and intensive topical steroids with cycloplegics to control the inflammation. This case demonstrates that severe anterior uveitis may develop after LASIK and needs prompt and vigorous management for resolution.
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spelling pubmed-27127082009-07-29 Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis Parmar, Pragya Salman, Amjad Rajmohan, M Jesudasan, Nelson CA Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications A 29-year-old woman who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopic astigmatism in both eyes presented with severe pain, photophobia and decreased visual acuity in the left eye eight days after surgery. Examination revealed severe anterior uveitis with fibrinous exudates in the anterior chamber, flap edema and epithelial bullae. Laboratory investigations for uveitis were negative and the patient required systemic and intensive topical steroids with cycloplegics to control the inflammation. This case demonstrates that severe anterior uveitis may develop after LASIK and needs prompt and vigorous management for resolution. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2712708/ /pubmed/19574707 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.53064 Text en © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Parmar, Pragya
Salman, Amjad
Rajmohan, M
Jesudasan, Nelson CA
Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
title Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
title_full Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
title_fullStr Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
title_full_unstemmed Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
title_short Fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
title_sort fibrinous anterior uveitis following laser in situ keratomileusis
topic Brief Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19574707
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.53064
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