Postoperative Inflammation After Anterior Segment Surgery

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2024 May 1;142(5):486-487. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.0580.
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Plain language summary

A 71-year-old woman had 2 months of worsening vision and pain in her right eye. Examination revealed retrocorneal plaque, peaking of the pupil, and temporal prominent scleral vessels with inferotemporal scleral thinning. What would you do next?

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anterior Eye Segment* / diagnostic imaging
  • Anterior Eye Segment* / pathology
  • Endophthalmitis / diagnosis
  • Endophthalmitis / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Trabeculectomy / adverse effects
  • Uveitis, Anterior / diagnosis
  • Uveitis, Anterior / etiology