Inadvertent steroid injection into the crystalline lens
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Alam, Md. Shahid; Khetan, Vikas
- Source
- GMS Ophthalmology Cases, Vol 7, p Doc16 (2017)
- Subject
- intralenticular
steroid
triamcinolone
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2193-1496
Intravitreal triamcinolone is administered for a wide number of vitreoretinal conditions. Several complications including cataract formation, raised intraocular pressure, and endophthalmitis have been reported following intravitreal injections. We report a rare case wherein triamcinolone was inadvertently injected directly into the crystalline lens. A male presented to us with a history of intravitreal injection of triamcinolone in the left eye 2 weeks earlier. Slit lamp examination revealed a needle tract in the crystalline lens with steroid granules dispersed throughout the lens core. Such a complication is extremely rare with only three cases reported previously.