Unilateral Iris Transillumination Resembling BAIT Phenotype Following Contralateral Vitrectomy
Abstract
Objective: This study is aimed at describing a unilateral presentation of acute iris transillumination following contralateral vitrectomy with postoperative endophthalmitis. Methods: This case study is based on the medical record of a patient who presented to our hospital in 2017. Results: A 70-year-old female patient presented to our department with metamorphopsia and decreased vision in the right eye. She was diagnosed with a Stage 3 macular hole in the right eye for which she underwent 23G pars plana vitrectomy with gas tamponade. Postoperative topical treatment of tobramycin/dexamethasone was administered. Nine days after surgery, she presented to a different medical center with postoperative endophthalmitis in the right eye. Oral moxifloxacin was administered, an intravitreal injection with vancomycin was performed, and topical treatment with dexamethasone/chloramphenicol and neomycin/polymyxin B/dexamethasone was started. One month after surgery, she presented again to our department, this time with scleritis with associated anterior uveitis of the left eye. She was treated with oral ibuprofen, topical prednisolone acetate, and atropine sulfate, which resulted in clinical resolution. Three weeks after this episode, the left eye showed patchy transillumination of the iris matching the bilateral acute iris transillumination (BAIT) syndrome phenotype; however, the iris in the right eye remained normal. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first to…
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