Choroidal Detachment after Topical Prostaglandin Analogs: Case Report
Kessara Pathanapitoon, MD*, Paradee Kunavisarut, MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai
Objective : To report three cases of delayed choroidal detachment after treatment with topical prostaglandin
analogs
Materials and Methods : Intervention three case reports. Four eyes of three patients with chronic angle closure
glaucoma developed choroidal detachment after using topical prostaglandin analogs
Results : Three patients with chronic angle closure glaucoma developed chroidal detachment in one week,
three weeks and two years after using travoprost, bimatoprost and latanoprost respectively. All of them
resolved after discontinuation of these medications. All of the eyes that developed chroidal detachment were
pseudophakic
Conclusion : Travoprost, bimatoprost and latanoprost may lead to choroidal detachment and hypotony.
Pseudophakic patients may be at high risk of the development of chroidal detachment. Topical prostaglan-
din analogs should be used cautiously in these patients
Keywords : Prostaglandin analogs, Choroidal detachment, Hypotony
