Late-Onset Pseudophakic Macular Oedema
Published 2022 - 40th Congress of the ESCRS
Reference: PO104 | Type: ESCRS 2022 - Posters | DOI: 10.82333/k74y-dz18
Authors: Miguel Jonay Acosta Darias* 1 , Hugo Ernesto Tapia Quijada 1 , Rocio Falcón Roca 1
1Ophtalmology,HOSP. UNIVERSITARIO CANARIAS,San Cristóbal de La Laguna,Spain
Purpose
Cystoid macular edema (CME) secondary to cataract surgery or Irvine Gass Syndrome (IGS) is often asymptomatic. When it is associated with visual loss, it generally manifests between 4 and 10 weeks after surgery. Although it occurs in a relatively close temporal relationship to surgery, it is quite rare that it can happen years after surgery. We present the case of a woman who presented Irvine Gass syndrome 6 years after cataract surgery.
Setting
Section Retina. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Tenerife-Spain
Methods
Case Report
Results
A 67-year-old woman with no significant systemic history woman, presented Irvine Gass syndrome 6 years after cataract surgery. The diagnosis of IGS is made, ruling out other possible causes of CME in a patient operated on for cataracts complicated with posterior capsule rupture that occurs in a period of 6 years after surgery, fluorescein angiography and OCT-SD they were fundamental tools for diagnosis.
Conclusions
Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema can appear years after cataract surgery, with no other obvious cause, except for the same surgical procedure