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Published on: December 7, 2016
A RARE COMPLICATION OF POSTERIOR SUBTENON INJECTION
Deepesh Mourya1, S Balamurugan, Roshija Khanal
1Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India.
Purpose:
To report a case of posterior ciliary artery occlusion after posterior subtenon injection.
Methods:
Clinical examination and fundus fluorescein angiography was performed to confirm diagnosis. A 49-year-old female who was on treatment for bilateral chronic sclerokeratouveitis was given posterior subtenon injection for cystoid macular edema.
Results:
Posterior ciliary artery occlusion occurred after posterior subtenon injection.
Conclusion:
Choroidal vascular occlusion is a rare complication of posterior subtenon injection.
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