Postoperative inflammation.
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Biomedical subjects
Randa T H Li
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Intraocular pressure profile of a child on a systemic corticosteroid.
PURPOSE: To report the ocular hypertensive response to high-dose systemic corticosteroid in a pediatric patient. DESIGN: Observational case report. METHODS: A 9-year-old patient with leukemia received oral prednisolone at a dosage of 2.3 mg/kg/d for 5 weeks, followed by a 4-month break and then a 4-week course of oral dexamethasone at 10 mg/d. Detailed ocular examination was performed for both eyes before and regularly throughout the two courses of treatment. RESULTS: The intraocular pressure in both eyes rose to almost 40 mm Hg after only 8 days of oral corticosteroid. On stopping systemic corticosteroid, the intraocular pressure rapidly returned to baseline level within 2 days. A similar intraocular pressure profile was recorded for both eyes during the course of oral dexamethasone. The patient remained largely asymptomatic throughout. CONCLUSIONS: Systemic corticosteroid may give rise to significant but asymptomatic ocular hypertension in pediatric patients.
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Modification of an adult-sized Ahmed glaucoma valve for a small globe.
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