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Letter to the Editor
Latanoprost and cystoid macular oedema in a pseudophake
  1. D R A WARDROP,
  2. P K WISHART
  1. Glaucoma Clinic, St Paul’s Eye Unit, 8Z Link Corridor, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Daulby Street, Liverpool L7 8XP
  1. Dr Wardrop.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.82.7.841c

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    Editor,—Latanoprost (0.005%) is a prostaglandin F-2α analogue licensed for primary open angle glaucoma. We describe the occurrence of cystoid macular oedema in a pseudophakic patient following its use.

    case report

    A 50 year old pseudophakic myope (−4.50 D) was prescribed latanoprost once daily, because of raised intraocular pressure despite treatment with twice daily betaxolol (1/2%) drops. The right eye was blind from retinal detachment and the left eye had undergone three retinal detachment repairs including one vitrectomy. He had required betaxolol twice daily in the left eye to control the intraocular pressure since then. In January 1994, a left phacoemulsification cataract extraction with posterior lens implant restored the left visual acuity to 6/6.

    In March 1997, latanoprost was prescribed to control …

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