title: Surgical treatment of sympathetic ophthalmia.
abstract: We report the case of a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized for bilateral uveitis that occurred 2 years after a penetrating injury of the left eye. On admission, all clinical signs of sympathetic ophthalmia were present with visual function reduced to light perception and intact projection in the right eye and light perception without intact projection in the left. Ultrasonography confirmed that the retina was in its proper place in both eyes. Since abrasion of the corneal epithelium and decalcification of the cornea with ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid had been performed on the right eye, it was decided to proceed with pars-plana lensectomy and vitrectomy in the same (better preserved) eye. The surgery was performed as planned, with an uneventful postoperative course. Three years later, the eye operated upon had no signs of inflammation, and the visual acuity achieved with the aphakic correction was 0.8.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Belgrad, Yugoslavien.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mićović
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Golubović
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Misita
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014821:Vitrectomy