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JOURNAL OF GLAUCOMA
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages E137-E141Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000485
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hypotony maculopathy; trabeculectomy; high myopia; sclera
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Hypotony maculopathy is a sight-threatening complication after trabeculectomy. We report on a 34-year-old man with juvenile open-angle glaucoma and high myopia, who developed hypotony maculopathy 14 years after trabeculectomy without bleb leak. This represents the longest known period from trabeculectomy to the development of hypotony maculopathy without bleb leak. The possible mechanisms for the development of late-onset hypotony maculopathy in the highly myopic patient are progressive scleral thinning, reduced scleral rigidity, and scleral morphologic change with aging. These changes might weaken the biomechanical properties of sclera and then contribute to the collapse of the scleral wall during hypotony. This case serves as a reminder that hypotony maculopathy can happen up to 14 years after tabeculectomy even without bleb leak and hypotony should be avoided after trabeculectomy in highly myopic patients with juvenile open-angle glaucoma.
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