[Choroidal detachment associated with delayed spontaneous ocular hypotony].
METHODS
We report two cases of delayed spontaneous hypotony associated with choroidal detachment and hypotony maculopathy. Both patients had undergone uneventful cataract extractions 10 and 6 years prior to the occurrence of apparently spontaneous hypotony. Trabeculectomy was combined with phacoemulsification in one of them. Both had been receiving timolol at the time of presentation.


CONCLUSIONS
Delayed spontaneous hypotony, without recent ocular surgery or trauma, represented a challenge in both the diagnosis and management processes in these patients. We have analysed the main causes.
Bojadós
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Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Universidad de Barcelona, España. sabrinabojados@hotmail.com
Vela
J I
JI
Roselló
N
N
Díaz
J
J
Buil
J A
JA
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015814:Ocular Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D013999:Timolol / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D013999:Timolol