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Diffuse retinal hemorrhages (ocular decompression syndrome) after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C for neovascular
J Danias1, J Rosenbaum, S M Podos
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. danias@msvax.mssm.edu
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
|September 16, 2000
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe a case of ocular decompression syndrome in a patient after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C for neovascular glaucoma.
Results:
Diffuse retinal hemorrhages developed in the posterior pole of a patient with neovascular glaucoma after he underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. The hemorrhages persisted for less than 9 months.
Conclusions:
Acute decompression of the eye in patients with high intraocular pressure can lead to the development of posterior pole hemorrhages. The course of this rare syndrome is relatively benign.