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Metipranolol-associated nongranulomatous anterior uveitis
N P Patel1, K H Patel, M R Moster
1Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Purpose:
To describe the findings in a patient with a nongranulomatous anterior uveitis, presumed to be induced by metipranolol.
Method:
A 69-year-old woman developed bilateral, nongranulomatous, anterior uveitis while undergoing treatment with metipranolol 0.3% for primary open-angle glaucoma. Four months after resolution of the initial episode, the patient was challenged with metipranolol 0.3% in the right eye.
Result:
On reinstituting metipranolol 0.3%, the patient once again developed a unilateral, nongranulomatous, anterior uveitis in the challenged eye.
Conclusion:
Metipranolol 0.3% eyedrops, used to treat primary open-angle glaucoma, appear to cause a nongranulomatous anterior uveitis.