Barium-induced toxic anterior segment syndrome

Matsushita, Kenji, Kawashima, Rumi, Hashida, Noriyasu, Hamano, Yuki, Harada, Kazuo, Higashisaka, Kazuma, Baba, Koichi, Sato, Shigeru, Huang, Weiran, Matsumoto, Hiroshi, Hamanaka, Teruhiko, Quantock, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2484-3120 and Nishida, Kohji 2021. Barium-induced toxic anterior segment syndrome. European Journal of Ophthalmology 10.1177/11206721211069223 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is a rapid-onset inflammation of the eye following uneventful ocular surgery. We report a case of TASS following Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI) surgery. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) identified barium in the eye and in the eluate from the bleb of the BGI. We attribute TASS in our patient to the dissolution of barium from the BGI and its entry into the eye, where it causes severe inflammation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1120-6721
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 February 2023
Date of Acceptance:	30 November 2021
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 08:22
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/157168

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