Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2013)
Peristence of triamcinolone crystals after intra-vitreal injection: Benign crystalline hyaloidopathy
- Rafik Zarifa,
- Saad Shaikh,
- Elizabeth Kester
Affiliations
- Rafik Zarifa
- Saad Shaikh
- Elizabeth Kester
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.112166
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 61,
no. 4
pp. 182 – 183
Abstract
We report a case of unusually long persistence of triamcinolone crystals after intra-vitreal injection. Crystals were noted on fundus examination predominantly confined to the posterior pole. Optical coherence tomography localized the crystals to the posterior hyaloidal surface. Over 6 years of follow-up the patient has retained good visual acuity and no observable changes in the retina. As the condition clinically resembles both crystalline maculopathy and asteroid hyalosis, we suggest the term ′drug-induced benign crystalline hyaloidopathy′.
Keywords
- Ampiginous choroiditis
- fluorescein angiography/fluorescein angiogram
- indocyanine green angiogram
- multifocal choroiditis
- posterior uveitis
- serpiginous choroiditis
- Branch retinal vein occlusion
- mean platelet volume
- platelet activation
- retinal vein occlusion
- Fibrin glue
- glued intrascleral fixation
- glued intraocular lens forceps
- three-piece foldable intraocular lens
- Hydroxychloroquine
- optical coherence tomography
- retinal toxicity
- retinal thickness
- Central serous chorioretinopathy
- metamorphopsia
- optical coherence tomography
- Retinal hemorrhages
- altitude retinopathy
- Central retinal artery occlusion
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- steroid pulse therapy
- Chorioretinal folds
- intra-vitreal triamcinolone injection
- spectral domain-optical coherence tomography
- Asteroid hyalosis
- crystalline
- crystalline hyaloidpathy
- crystalline maculopathy
- clinically significant macular edema
- diabetic
- hyaloid
- retinopathy
- triamcinolone
- unilateral
