Panophthalmitis with orbital cellulitis following glaucoma drainage implant surgery in a pediatric patient / Panoftalmite com celulite orbitária após implante de drenagem em glaucoma congênito

ABSTRACT Here we report a case of childhood glaucoma refractory to angle and trabeculectomy surgery. The patient was treated with an Ahmed™ drainage implant that was subsequently complicated by rapid-onset panophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis. Intravenous and intravitreal antibiotic therapy was initiated and the drainage tube was removed. The infectious process resolved within 3 weeks; however, phthisis bulbi developed subsequently.

RESUMO Relato de um caso de uma criança portadora de glaucoma congênito primário, refratário a cirurgias angulares e trabeculectomias prévias, submetido à implante de drenagem do tipo Ahmed®. O paciente evoluiu com panoftalmite e celulite orbitária de aparecimento súbito, sendo submetido à remoção do tubo e antibioticoterapia endovenosa e intravítrea. O processo infeccioso foi resolvido em três semanas, porém o olho evoluiu para phthisis bulbi.