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Aparna Rao1, Radihika Tandon, Namrata Sharma
1Glaucoma Services, R.P. Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - India. vinodini10375@yahoo.com
Purpose:
We report 4 eyes of 3 patients with presumed herpetic keratitis/keratouveitis after glaucoma surgery wherein intraoperative mitomycin-C was used.
Methods:
Three patients, aged 18-75 years, were found to have unilateral or bilateral herpetic keratitis and/or keratouveitis, 15 days to 2 years after trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C.
Results:
All 3 cases healed without any sequelae after 4 to 6 weeks with topical and/or systemic acyclovir. Topical steroids were used in cases with stromal involvement.
Conclusions:
Mitomycin-C may predispose/facilitate development of herpetic keratitis/keratouveitis up to 2 years after glaucoma surgery.
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