Klebsiella pneumoniae panophthalmitis: a possible complication of endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy.
Complication of endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy for esophageal variceal hemorrhage is not unusual. However, sclerotherapy complicated panophthalmitis was never reported before. We report such an unusual complication and discuss its possible mechanism and treatment.
Hung
H C
HC
Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chen
W C
WC
Chao
Y
Y
Hou
M C
MC
Lin
H C
HC
Chang
F Y
FY
Lee
S D
SD
D000368:Aged; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed