Eyelid hypertrichosis associated with latanoprost is reversible

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2001 Oct-Dec;11(4):377-9. doi: 10.1177/112067210101100411.

Abstract

A 56-year-old woman with primary open-angle glaucoma in an only eye presented with hypertrichosis after using Latanoprost to lower IOP. After trabeculectomy with adjunctive Mitomycin C, IOP was well controlled and antiglaucoma medications could be discontinued. At eight-month follow-up the abnormal eyelashes had disappeared.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Eyelid Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Eyelid Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / drug therapy
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypertrichosis / chemically induced*
  • Hypertrichosis / physiopathology*
  • Intraocular Pressure / drug effects
  • Latanoprost
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / adverse effects*
  • Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / therapeutic use
  • Trabeculectomy
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Prostaglandins F, Synthetic
  • Latanoprost