FRIDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new case report concerning a young woman who sustained pupil damage after undergoing laser therapy to remove a port-wine stain calls attention to the need for protective eyewear during laser procedures around the eye. The case study appears in the March issue of the Archives of Dermatology.
Stefan Hammes, M.D., of the Laserklinik Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany, and colleagues report on a 33-year-old woman who was treated periorbitally with a 755-nm long-pulsed alexandrite laser after undergoing several unsuccessful treatments with a pulsed-dye laser to treat a port-wine stain. She kept her eyes shut, but was not given protective eyewear as is recommended.
The woman complained of a painful sensitivity to light and blurred vision on the third day after treatment. Her left pupil was irregular and did not respond to light. An ophthalmologist diagnosed inflammation of the sclera and posterior synechia. After one year, the patient showed an increase in pupil motility due to constant topical non-steroidal treatment. The increased sensitivity to light was still evident at one year.
"When performing laser treatments near the eye, we consider the use of protective eyewear and the rigorous observance of general safety measures indispensable," the study authors conclude.
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