Two Cases of Sympathetic Ophthalmia After Ocular Surgery.

Lim, Jin Ock; Lee, Jaeheung

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(3):389-396.
Published online March 1, 1989.

Two Cases of Sympathetic Ophthalmia After Ocular Surgery.

Jin Ock Lim, Jaeheung Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

안수술 후에 발생한 교감성 안염 2 예

임진옥(Jin Ock Lim),이재흥(Jae Heung Lee)

Abstract

Sympathetic ophthalmia is rare, bilateral, diffuse, and granulomatous inflammation of the uvea, which occurs days, months, or years after penetrating ocular injury or intraocular surgery. The cause of the disease is still unknown but seems to be an autoimmune disease by reaction of delayed hypersensitivity mediated by T-Iymphocyte. There have been 4 cases reports on sympathetic ophthalmia domestically untill now, which occurred after ocular penetrating injury. The authors experienced two cases of sympathetic ophthalmia; one occurred after implantation of intraocular lens and the other occurred after cyclocryotherapy. A brief review of the related literatures is presented.