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Myositis associated with a Baerveldt glaucoma implant
K T Oh1, W L Alward, R H Kardon
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|October 8, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe a case of myositis in the presence of a Baerveldt glaucoma implant.
Method:
Case report.
Results:
A 41-year-old black woman developed myositis after placement of a Baerveldt glaucoma implant. Echography demonstrated migration of the seton plate against the medial rectus muscle insertion. Myositis resolved after removal of the Baerveldt glaucoma implant.
Conclusion:
The Baerveldt glaucoma implant may have precipitated myositis in this patient.