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Case Reports
. 2000 Jul;107(7):1344-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00167-6.

Hypopyon after repeated transplantation of human amniotic membrane onto the corneal surface

B Gabler  1 , C P Lohmann
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Hypopyon after repeated transplantation of human amniotic membrane onto the corneal surface

B Gabler et al. Ophthalmology. 2000 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: The authors describe a localized probable immunoreaction after repeated transplantation of amniotic membrane (AM) onto the corneal surface.

Design: Interventional case report.

Intervention: Amniotic membrane was transplanted onto the corneal surface of a 78-year-old female with a deep trophic corneal ulcer resulting in temporary epithelial closure. A second and finally third amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) was performed because of recurrent ulcerations. All three AMs were obtained from the same donor.

Results: The first transplantation of the AM was without complication. However, a hypopyon developed 2 days after the second and 2 days after the third AMT, but the patient responded immediately to topical and systemic corticosteroids.

Conclusions: Immunologic, toxic, and hypersensitivity effects could have contributed to the hypopyon iritis that appeared after the second and third AMT, but not after the initial transplantation. In case of a repeated AMT, the use of AM from different donors may help to minimize the risk of an immediate postoperative intraocular inflammation.

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