A Case of Sympathetic Ophthalmia.

Nam, Gi Ryong; Shim, Yoon Bo; Kim, Bong Cheol

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1987;28(6):1391-1394.
Published online June 1, 1987.

A Case of Sympathetic Ophthalmia.

Gi Ryong Nam, Yoon Bo Shim, Bong Cheol Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheounan, Korea.

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남기룡(Gi Ryong Nam),심윤보(Yoon Bo Shim),김봉철(Bong Chul Kim)

Abstract

Sympathetic ophthalmia is a rare, diffuse, granulomatous inflammation of the entire uvea, usually bilateral, which occurs days, months, or years after penetrating ocular injury or intraocular surgery. This presented case was a 34 years old male patient injured his left eye suspecting a scleral laceration. The exciting eye(left) was eviscerated 8 days after injury and sympathetic eye(right) was developed sympathetic ophthalmia 8 weeks after injury. A brief review of the related literatures is presented.