title: Acute sclerokeratitis after cataract surgery: treatment with topical use of cyclosporine - a.
abstract: We would like to report an interesting case of acute sclerokeratitis following cataract surgery treated with topical use of Cyclosporine-A. A 61-year old woman with a past history of scleritis in her right eye had an uneventful phaco surgery in her right eye for cataract removal via a corneoscleral incision. Eight months after the initial surgery the patient had a sudden decrease in her visual acquity in the right eye with marked inflammatory signs in the sclera and cornea adjacent to the entry-site of the phaco surgery. Initially the patient was treated with systemic corticosteroids but due to serious side effects topical cyclosporine-A was added instead. Five months later the patient has a significant improvement in terms of visual acquity with marked reduction in the inflammatory signs both in sclera and corneal tissue. We think that topical Cyclosporine-A with its potent immunomodulating effects seems to be of benefit in those cases where systemic corticosteroids are contraindicated or have serious side-effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece. kostasdl@otenet.gr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doulas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pantazopoulou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feretis