Cystoid macular edema associated with latanoprost use in a pseudophakic eye with a history of surgical complications

• Published in: Japanese journal of ophthalmology Vol. 47; no. 1; p. 110
• Main Authors: Watanabe, Konomi, Hayasaka, Seiji, Hayasaka, Yoriko, Nagaki, Yasunori, Watanabe, Kazuhiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 01.01.2003
• Subjects: Aged; Antihypertensive Agents - adverse effects; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Glaucoma - complications; Glaucoma - drug therapy; Humans; Intraoperative Complications; Macular Edema - chemically induced; Macular Edema - diagnosis; Prostaglandins F, Synthetic - adverse effects; Pseudophakia - complications
• ISSN: 0021-5155
• DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00622-6

To report the development of cystoid macular edema following the use of topical latanoprost in an eye with glaucoma and pseudophakia. A 73-year-old woman with bilateral pseudophakia and glaucoma had been treated with topical carteolol hydrochloride and isopropyl unoprostone bilaterally. One month later the unoprostone was replaced by latanoprost bilaterally. After 1 month, the patient complained of decreased vision in the right eye, which had a history of surgical complications. Fluorescein angiography showed cystoid macular edema in the right fundus. The edema disappeared 2 weeks after the discontinuation of latanoprost. Cystoid macular edema did not develop in the left eye, which had no history of surgical complications. These observations suggest that latanoprost may cause cystoid macular edema in an eye with a history of surgical complications.