Primary evisceration for neonatal endogenous endophthalmitis: A report of two cases

PURPOSE: To present two cases of neonatal endophthalmitis with poor prognosis that were managed with primary evisceration. OBSERVATIONS: Case 1 is a 27-weeks’ gestation neonate who developed Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis complicated by globe rupture. Case 2 describes a 34-weeks’ gestation n...

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Autores principales: Al-khersan, Hasenin, Pirakitikulr, Nathan, Kalavar, Meghana, Clauss, Kevin, Patel, Nimesh A., Yannuzzi, Nicolas A., Alabiad, Chrisfouad, Lee, Wendy W., Berrocal, Audina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8042423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33869894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101081
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To present two cases of neonatal endophthalmitis with poor prognosis that were managed with primary evisceration. OBSERVATIONS: Case 1 is a 27-weeks’ gestation neonate who developed Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis complicated by globe rupture. Case 2 describes a 34-weeks’ gestation neonate with Serratia marcescens endophthalmitis. Both patients had poor prognosis and thus underwent primary evisceration with good long-term cosmetic outcomes at 15 years and 17 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Primary evisceration should be considered in neonates with endophthalmitis with a poor prognosis and can result in good long-term cosmesis.

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