Sudden visual loss after uneventful cataract surgery: Snuff syndrome. 2004

Neil Sharma, and Ju-Lee Ooi, and Ian C Francis, and Shanel Sharma, and Daya Papalkar, and Peter Kim, and Stella L Alexander, and R Steve Schumacher
Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Chatswood New South Wales, Australia.

We describe a case in which the patient had routine, uneventful cataract surgery and developed snuff syndrome on day 1 postoperatively. The patient had pseudoexfoliation syndrome and normal intraocular pressure that was well controlled by timolol and previous laser trabeculoplasty. Although the visual result had been good after surgery in the first (right) eye with a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 6/5, this adverse event, which decreased the BCVA in the left eye from 6/24 preoperatively to hand movements postoperatively, was unexpected. Systemic evaluation failed to identify a specific cause. Data were collected prospectively on 1000 subsequent, consecutive cases of cataract surgery, but we were unable to find pathogenetic data on this occurrence.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007049 Iatrogenic Disease Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by a patient during the course of treatment. Hospital-Acquired Condition,Condition, Hospital-Acquired,Conditions, Hospital-Acquired,Disease, Iatrogenic,Diseases, Iatrogenic,Hospital Acquired Condition,Hospital-Acquired Conditions,Iatrogenic Diseases
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D001766 Blindness The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE. Amaurosis,Bilateral Blindness,Blindness, Bilateral,Blindness, Legal,Blindness, Monocular,Blindness, Unilateral,Sudden Visual Loss,Unilateral Blindness,Blindness, Acquired,Blindness, Complete,Blindness, Hysterical,Blindness, Transient,Acquired Blindness,Amauroses,Bilateral Blindnesses,Complete Blindness,Hysterical Blindness,Legal Blindness,Monocular Blindness,Sudden Visual Losses,Transient Blindness,Visual Loss, Sudden
D002387 Cataract Extraction The removal of a cataractous CRYSTALLINE LENS from the eye. Enzymatic Zonulolysis,Phakectomy,Cataract Extractions,Enzymatic Zonulolyses,Extraction, Cataract,Extractions, Cataract,Phakectomies,Zonulolyses, Enzymatic,Zonulolysis, Enzymatic
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D013577 Syndrome A characteristic symptom complex. Symptom Cluster,Cluster, Symptom,Clusters, Symptom,Symptom Clusters,Syndromes
D014792 Visual Acuity Clarity or sharpness of OCULAR VISION or the ability of the eye to see fine details. Visual acuity depends on the functions of RETINA, neuronal transmission, and the interpretative ability of the brain. Normal visual acuity is expressed as 20/20 indicating that one can see at 20 feet what should normally be seen at that distance. Visual acuity can also be influenced by brightness, color, and contrast. Acuities, Visual,Acuity, Visual,Visual Acuities
D017889 Exfoliation Syndrome The deposition of flaky, translucent fibrillar material most conspicuous on the anterior lens capsule and pupillary margin but also in both surfaces of the iris, the zonules, trabecular meshwork, ciliary body, corneal endothelium, and orbital blood vessels. It sometimes forms a membrane on the anterior iris surface. Exfoliation refers to the shedding of pigment by the iris. (Newell, Ophthalmology, 7th ed, p380) Glaucoma Capsulare,Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome,Exfoliation Glaucoma,Exfoliative Syndrome,Pseudo-Exfoliation Syndrome,Pseudoexfoliation Of The Lens,Exfoliation Syndromes,Exfoliative Syndromes,Pseudo Exfoliation Syndrome,Pseudo-Exfoliation Syndromes,Pseudoexfoliation Syndromes,Syndrome, Exfoliation,Syndrome, Exfoliative,Syndrome, Pseudo-Exfoliation,Syndrome, Pseudoexfoliation,Syndromes, Exfoliation,Syndromes, Exfoliative,Syndromes, Pseudo-Exfoliation,Syndromes, Pseudoexfoliation

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