Penetrating keratoplasty for the exciting eye in sympathetic ophthalmia.
OBJECTIVE
We report a case of sympathetic ophthalmitis where we performed penetrating keratoplasty on the exciting eye many years after the initial injury.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
After penetrating keratoplasty, the patient achieved vision of 3/60 from preoperative perception of light.


CONCLUSIONS
Our experience shows that penetrating keratoplasty can restore useful vision in the previously injured exciting eye in sympathetic ophthalmitis. This case highlights a unique example where the inciting eye has ultimately become the eye with the better vision as the damage was limited.
Ramamurthi
Saraswathi
S
Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK. saraswathi_ramamurthi@yahoo.co.uk
Cornish
Kurt S
KS
Steeples
Laura
L
Ramaesh
Kanna
K
D000328:Adult; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity