Abnormal increase of intraocular pressure in fellow eye after severe ocular trauma: A case report. Issue 31 (August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vaajanen, Anu; Tuulonen, Anja
• Other Names: Nebbioso. Marcella section editor.
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 95:Issue 31(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Subjects: fellow eye -- glaucoma -- intraocular pressure -- trauma; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004411
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

Abstract: Background: An ocular injury can lead to secondary glaucoma in the traumatized eye in 3% to 20% of cases. Literature on the risk of developing elevated intraocular pressure in the nontraumatized fellow eye is scant. Clinicians treating ocular traumas should also bear in mind sympathetic ophthalmia, a rare bilateral granulomatous panuveitis following accidental or surgical trauma to 1 eye. Case report: We report a case of high-pressure glaucoma of the fellow eye without any signs of uveitis. The left eye of a 24-year-old man was injured in an inadvertent movement during a free-time table-tennis match. The eye was severely crushed, leading to blindness. His right eye developed medically uncontrolled high-pressure glaucoma only 1 month after the injury. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous reports of post-traumatic glaucoma in the nontraumatized eye after open-globe injury.