The histopathology of two eyes enucleated after continuous transscleral and micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for refractory secondary glaucoma

Conclusion: Bot h patients ultimately experienced pain and vision loss with either a recrudescence of elevated intraocular pressure or inflammatory hypotony and subsequently underwent enucleation of the affected eye. One globe was enucleated shortly after CW-TSCPC and found to have near full-thickness coagulative n ecrosis of the pigmented and non-pigmented ciliary epithelium and ciliary muscle as well as necrosis of adjacent non-target tissues with fibrin in the anterior chamber. The second patient underwent enucleation many months after MP-TSCPC with partial healing fibrosis of the ciliary body and some rema ining viable ciliary processes. The histopathologic findings post-cyclophotocoagulation may vary based on the method used and evolve over time; additional study is needed.
Source: Ocular Oncology and Pathology - Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research