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Elderly woman with a bleb leak

PURPOSE: To describe a unique incidence of inadvertent filtering bleb creation after intravitreal injections. OBSERVATIONS: An 84-year-old woman with a history of wet age-related macular degeneration requiring intravitreal injections presented with a Seidel-positive conjunctival cyst. The cyst was i...

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Autores principales: Bowden, Eileen C., Sun, Catherine Q., Lee, Richard K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34222712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101126
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description PURPOSE: To describe a unique incidence of inadvertent filtering bleb creation after intravitreal injections. OBSERVATIONS: An 84-year-old woman with a history of wet age-related macular degeneration requiring intravitreal injections presented with a Seidel-positive conjunctival cyst. The cyst was in an area where she had received multiple injections and was suspected to be an inadvertent filtering bleb secondary to a full-thickness scleral hole created by these injections. She underwent surgical closure of the fistula and repair of the bleb. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: This case emphasizes the importance of recognizing this potential complication of intraocular injections and outlines steps that should be taken to prevent poor outcomes and vision loss.
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spelling pubmed-82461452021-07-02 Elderly woman with a bleb leak Bowden, Eileen C. Sun, Catherine Q. Lee, Richard K. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To describe a unique incidence of inadvertent filtering bleb creation after intravitreal injections. OBSERVATIONS: An 84-year-old woman with a history of wet age-related macular degeneration requiring intravitreal injections presented with a Seidel-positive conjunctival cyst. The cyst was in an area where she had received multiple injections and was suspected to be an inadvertent filtering bleb secondary to a full-thickness scleral hole created by these injections. She underwent surgical closure of the fistula and repair of the bleb. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: This case emphasizes the importance of recognizing this potential complication of intraocular injections and outlines steps that should be taken to prevent poor outcomes and vision loss. Elsevier 2021-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8246145/ /pubmed/34222712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101126 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34222712
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