Panophthalmitis with orbital cellulitis following glaucoma drainage implant surgery in a pediatric patient
- Resource Type
- report
- Authors
- Esporcatte, Bruno L. B.; Teixeira, Luiz Fernando; Rolim-de-Moura, Christiane
- Source
- Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia. April 2016 79(2)
- Subject
- Glaucoma/congenital
Glaucoma drainage implant
Endophthalmitis/surgery
Panophthalmitis/surgery
Orbital cellulitis
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0004-2749
Here we report a case of childhood glaucoma refractory to angle and trabeculectomy surgery. The patient was treated with an Ahmed™ drainage implant that was subsequently complicated by rapid-onset panophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis. Intravenous and intravitreal antibiotic therapy was initiated and the drainage tube was removed. The infectious process resolved within 3 weeks; however, phthisis bulbi developed subsequently.