Sympathetic Ophthalmitis: Rare Possibility after an Uneventful Cataract Surgery

Dr. Nimmi Rani

Volume 14 Issue 3

Global Journal of Medical Research

Sympatheticophthalmitis is a rare,diffuse,bilateral ,granulomatous,non-necrotisingpanuveitis that develops after surgical or accidental trauma to one eye(exciting)followed by a latent period and the appearance of uveitis in the uninjured fellow eye(sympathizing).This case highlights the possiblerare occurrence of sympathetic ophthalmitis after an uneventful cataract surgery.