Klebsiella pneumoniae panophthalmitis: a possible complication of endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy

H C Hung; W C Chen; Y Chao; M C Hou; H C Lin; F Y Chang; S D Lee

doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00490.x

Klebsiella pneumoniae panophthalmitis: a possible complication of endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy

Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 Dec;93(12):2603-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00490.x.

Authors

H C Hung¹, W C Chen, Y Chao, M C Hou, H C Lin, F Y Chang, S D Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

PMID: 9860443
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00490.x

Abstract

Complication of endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy for esophageal variceal hemorrhage is not unusual. However, sclerotherapy complicated panophthalmitis was never reported before. We report such an unusual complication and discuss its possible mechanism and treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Endophthalmitis / diagnostic imaging
Endophthalmitis / microbiology*
Endoscopy
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / etiology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae*
Male
Sclerotherapy / adverse effects*
Sclerotherapy / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed