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Updated: Jul 5 2016

Endophthalmitis

Snapshot
  • endophthalmitisA 70-year-old female undergoes cataract surgery. One week later she experiences eye pain and vision loss in addition to swollen eyelids and inflamed conjunctiva in the operated eye.
Introduction
  •  An infection on the vitreous fluid that classically follows an eye operation 
Presentation
  •  Symptoms
    • eye pain
    • vision loss
    • swollen eyelids
    • conjuncitvitis
  • Physical exam
    • hypopyon present
      • layer of leukocytes in the anterior chamber
Evaluation
  •  Vitreous Tap 
    • culture of aqueous/vitreous fluid
Treatment
  •  Medical
    • intravitreal antibiotics
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