[Uveal effusion syndrome after strabismus surgery].
METHODS
A woman was operated on for strabismus under topical anesthesia. An exudative conjunctivitis was diagnosed immediately after the surgery, and a uveal effusion syndrome diagnosed 15 days later. Surgery exploration, vycril suture removal and therapy with systemic, sub-tenon, and topical corticosteroid and antibiotics was initiated. Intraoperative culture revealed evidence of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Good resolution occurred in 4 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Uveal effusion secondary to strabismus surgery has not been reported in the published literature. Implant and suture infection by Staphylococcus epidermidis following scleral buckling surgery may be a possible, but rare, cause of the uveal effusion syndrome.
Merino
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Sección de Motilidad Ocular, Departamento de Oftalmología, HGU Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. jacobobym@telefonica.net
Gómez de Liaño
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Yáñez Martínez
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D000368:Aged; D001826:Body Fluids; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*