Acute Necrotizing Retinopathy After Xen Gel Stent Implantation.
Wen-Jung LoTung-Mei KuangShih-Jen ChenDe-Kuang HwangPublished in: Journal of glaucoma (2023)
A 45-year-old woman developed sudden blurring of vision 4 days after Xen gel stent replacement surgery. Persistent hypotony, uveitis, and serious retinal detachment rapidly progressed despite medical and surgical treatments. Retinal necrosis, optic atrophy, and total blindness developed within 2 months. Although infectious and autoimmune-related uveitis were ruled out through negative culture and blood test results, acute postoperative infectious endophthalmitis could not be completely excluded in this case. However, toxic retinopathy related to mitomycin-C was suspected eventually.
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