Unusual rapid resolution of posttrabeculectomy exudative retinal detachment with only topical corticosteroid therapy in a case of nanopthalmos.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to report a case of nanophthalmos with unusual rapid resolution of exudative retinal detachment, which had developed the fifth day after filtering surgery with only topical corticosteroid therapy.


METHODS
Five days after an uncomplicated trabeculectomy for the management of glaucoma, the patient developed exudative retinal detachment.


RESULTS
Without choroidal drainage and any other treatment, exudative retinal detachment started resolving in 2 days and disappeared in 2 weeks under only topical corticosteroid therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
Topical corticoid therapy alone may be sufficient to achieve quick resolution of exudative retinal detachment secondary to glaucoma surgery in nanophthalmic eyes.
From the Ulucanlar Eye Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ufuk
U
Elgin
Mehmet Yasin
MY
Teke
Mehmet
M
Ersoy
Emine
E
Sen
Omur
O
Ersoy
Faruk
F
Ozturk