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Published on: December 4, 2007
Cystoid macular edema following selective laser trabeculoplasty in a patient with ocular hypertension
Nurgül Örnek1, Kemal Örnek2, Tevfik Oğurel3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Yahşihan, Kırıkkale, Turkey. nurgul_ornek@hotmail.com.
Purpose:
Presentation of a case with ocular hypertension who developed cystoid macular edema (CME) following selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT).
Case Report:
A 62-year-old male patient who had undergone phacoemulsification surgery for traumatic cataract 9 years ago was on ocular hypertension treatment for the last 5 years. Due to uncontrolled intraocular pressure and side effect of medications, a 360° SLT was performed. The patient returned with decrased visual acuity 1 week after the procedure. There was CME in the treated eye. It healed completely after topical prednisolone acetate QID and nepafenac QID for 1 week, and no recurrence was observed during follow-ups.
Conclusion:
Cystoid macular edema may occur following SLT treatment in patients with previous traumatic cataract surgery which responds to topical treatment.
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