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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated the histopathologic findings in seven patients who underwent surgical revision of the filtration site after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C because of persistent hypotonous maculopathy. Light microscopic examination of subconjunctival tissue and sclera demonstrated hypocellularity of fibroblasts and disruption of the normal architecture. Tissue fragments at the margin of the bleb wall demonstrated scarring and contained multiple fibroblasts. Additionally, we investigated the histopathologic changes in an eye obtained from a patient who died one week after a trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. Transmission electron microscopy showed myelin figures, increased melanolipofuscin granules, vacuolated cytoplasm, and disrupted mitochondria of the ciliary body epithelium underlying the site of mitomycin C application. On the basis of these findings, both overfiltration because of tissue disorganization of the filtering bleb and aqueous hyposecretion because of ciliary body toxicity might be involved in the causes of persistent hypotony after mitomycin C trabeculectomy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9394
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Histopathologic effects of mitomycin C after trabeculectomy in human glaucomatous eyes with persistent hypotony.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't