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Corneal epithelial and fibrovascular downgrowth postcataract surgery with intrastromal bleed: a rare case study with multimodal imaging
  1. Shylaja Uday1,
  2. Durgalaxmi Modak2 and
  3. Srinivasan Sanjay3
  1. 1Cornea, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  2. 2Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  3. 3Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Srinivasan Sanjay; sanjaygroup24{at}gmail.com

Abstract

A woman in her 60s presented with diminution of vision and redness in her right eye (OD) 1.5 months duration, 10 months post cataract surgery. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) on the OD was fingers counting at 0.5 m. The anterior section of the OD demonstrated superior pre-Descemet’s intrastromal bleeding, superior dense fibrovascular growth in the corneal mid-stroma and superior fibrovascular downgrowth measuring 5×5 mm in the anterior chamber. Along with topical prednisolone acetate (1%) suspension 4 times per day on a tapering dose, antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy was administered intrastromally and subconjunctivally in the superior bulbar conjunctiva near limbus (0.05 mL of 2.5 mg/0.1 mL at each site). Over the course of a week, the intrastromal bleed had completely stopped. Three months later, at the final follow-up, the BCVA had marginally improved to fingers counting 2 m, with a lingering 4×4 mm nebulomacular scar.

  • ophthalmology
  • anterior chamber
  • eye

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  • Contributors SS and DM were responsible for drafting of the text, sourcing and editing of clinical images, investigation results, drawing original diagrams and algorithms and critical revision for important intellectual content. SS and DM were involved in sourcing/editing of clinical images. SS and DM did the critical revision. SU and SS did the intellectual content. All authors gave final approval of the manuscript.

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