Choroidal detachment following extracapsular cataract extraction in a patient treated with latanoprost
- Eye and ENT Centre, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
- Mr Vernon
- Accepted 11 June 2001
Editor,—Adverse reactions associated with the topical administration of the synthetic prostaglandin F2αanalogue latanoprost have been described.1 We would like to report a case of choroidal detachment following extracapsular cataract extraction in a patient treated with topical latanoprost.
CASE REPORT
A 78 year old man initially presented with primary open angle glaucoma in 1981. This was well controlled on timoptol and ophthalmic follow up was uneventful except for the development of left age related maculopathy in 1995 reducing the vision to 6/9. In November 1999 the intraocular pressure (IOP) became uncontrolled and a left sided cataract noted. Latanoprost was substituted with subsequent control of the IOP.
He underwent an uneventful left extracapsular cataract extraction by a traditional, non-phacoemulsification technique at another facility in January 2000 (the operating surgeon did not perform phacoemulsification on any …
