Three cases of acute sterile corneal melt after cataract surgery

Kohei Harada; Yasser Helmy Mohamed; Masafumi Uematsu; Daisuke Inoue; Ryotaro Ueki; Shiori Harada; Naoki Imamura; Inamoto Miwako; Takashi Kitaoka

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports (Mar 2019)

Three cases of acute sterile corneal melt after cataract surgery

Kohei Harada,
Yasser Helmy Mohamed,
Masafumi Uematsu,
Daisuke Inoue,
Ryotaro Ueki,
Shiori Harada,
Naoki Imamura,
Inamoto Miwako,
Takashi Kitaoka

Affiliations

Kohei Harada: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Corresponding author.
Yasser Helmy Mohamed: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Masafumi Uematsu: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Daisuke Inoue: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Ryotaro Ueki: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Shiori Harada: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Naoki Imamura: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Inamoto Miwako: Department of Ophthalmology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, 2-1001-1 Kubara, Omura, Nagasaki 856-0835, Japan
Takashi Kitaoka: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13
pp. 62 – 65

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Purpose: To report three cases of acute sterile corneal melt after cataract surgery. Observations: Case 1 was a 21-year-old male presenting with a corneal perforation of his right eye at 10 days after cataract surgery. Case 2 was a 67-year-old male who developed a corneal melt in his left eye at 15 days after cataract surgery. Case 3 was a 70-year-old female with a corneal melt of her left eye at 7 days after cataract surgery. None of the cases exhibited any signs of infection. Topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, dry eye, systemic autoimmune diseases, and/or a combination of these were present in patients who developed corneal melt after cataract surgery. Conclusions and Importance: Corneal melt cases can occur early after cataract surgery, thereby leading to corneal thinning and perforation. Keywords: Corneal melt, Corneal perforation, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Dry eye, Autoimmune disease

Published in American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports

ISSN: 2451-9936 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
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