Sympathetic ophthalmia after penetrating keratoplasty: a case report evaluated by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
BACKGROUND
Sympathetic ophthalmia is a rare, bilateral, diffuse granulomatous uveitis that usually occurs after open globe injury or intraocular surgery. To our knowledge, findings of this condition using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography have not been previously described.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A case of sympathetic uveitis after a tectonic corneal-scleral keratoplasty because of a fungal keratitis is reported. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic images revealed a multilobular serous retinal detachment in the sympathizing eye. The subretinal space was divided by thin septa into compartments filled with subretinal fluid and some high reflective compounds.


CONCLUSIONS
Spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic imaging noninvasively demonstrated a multilobular serous retinal detachment in the sympathizing eye, sharing the same features previously reported in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
From the *Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and †Department of Ophthalmology, Sorocaba Eye Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fernanda P
FP
Magalhães
Daniel
D
Lavinsky
Lucas V
LV
Rossi
Luciene
L
Barbosa
Nilva
N
Moraes