Sympathetic uveitis following glaucoma surgery.
We had two cases of sympathetic uveitis after filtering procedures were performed on blind, painful eyes. A review of the literature shows that it is not the type of antiglaucoma operation that has to be incriminated in precipitating sympathetic uveitis, but the condition of the eye undergoing a filtering procedure. The risk is much higher when the glaucoma is absolute. There is much danger in operating on blind, painful eyes.
D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology