Effect of intravitreal dexamethasone implant on the contralateral eye: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the effect of unilateral intravitreal injection of 0.7-mg dexamethasone implant on the other eye.


METHODS
Interventional case report and literature review.


RESULTS
A 54-year-old woman with bilateral, refractory, clinically significant macular edema was given an intravitreal injection of 0.7-mg dexamethasone sustained release implant in the right eye. The central foveal thickness improved in both the eyes with recurrence of edema after 16 weeks in both the eyes.


CONCLUSIONS
An intravitreal dexamethasone injection seems to have bilateral effect after unilateral injection.
Lotus Eye Care Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ashish
A
Sharma
Jay
J
Sheth
Rangasamy J
RJ
Madhusudan
Selva K
SK
Sundaramoorthy