Sympathetic ophthalmia associated with antecedent adherent leucoma--a rare association.
OBJECTIVE
To report a rare association of sympathetic ophthalmia with an antecedent adherent leucoma.


METHODS
A 40-year-old patient with an adherent leucoma developed sympathetic ophthalmia in the fellow eye, 15 years after the occurrence of a perforated corneal ulcer.


RESULTS
Intravenous pulse dexamethasone therapy followed by tapering oral prednisolone led to complete resolution of the disease process in the sympathising eye.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with an adherent leucoma subsequent to a perforated corneal ulcer may remain at an increased risk of developing sympathetic ophthalmia during their lifetime.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology*; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011239:Prednisolone