The Operation Was a Success, but the Patient Cannot See

Anne E. Semmer; Michael S. Lee; Mehran Taban; Scott Smith; Gregory Kosmorsky

doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2009.06.002

The Operation Was a Success, but the Patient Cannot See

Anne E. Semmer, Michael S. Lee, Mehran Taban, Scott Smith, Gregory Kosmorsky

Ophthalmology & Visual Neurosciences

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Abstract

A 71-year-old African American woman presented with severe vision loss in her left eye one day following trabeculectomy with mitomycin C and retrobulbar anesthesia. She had a new left relative afferent pupillary defect and macular whitening. The optic disc appeared normal. Intraocular pressure and fluorescein angiography were normal. Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein were elevated. Temporal artery biopsy was positive for giant cell arteritis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	708-713
Number of pages	6
Journal	Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume	54
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2009.06.002
State	Published - Nov 2009

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The authors reported no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article. The manuscript was supported by unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY, and the Lions Club of Minnesota.

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Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

central retinal artery occlusion
giant cell arteritis
ischemic optic neuropathy
postoperative vision loss
trabeculectomy

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