[Retinal periphlebitis as early sign of endophthalmitis]

Autor: M A, Fagúndez Vargas, R, Jiménez Parras
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia. 75(2)
ISSN: 0365-6691
Popis: 75 year-old woman was operated for cataract by means of phacoemulsification without complications. Four days after she came for suddenly blurred vision and floaters; on ocular examination there was a periphlebitis in the fundus. On the following day, an endophthalmitis with typical signs and symptoms was evident.Endophthalmitis is one of the most serious complications of the cataract surgery; therefore, an early diagnosis and treatment is necessary to preserve an adequate visual function. One of the earliest sings of bacterial endophthalmitis, seldom found, is a retinal periphlebitis, which the ophthalmologist must know and make a prompt decision.
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