Filtering bleb rupture after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection.

Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide is effective in treating various ocular disorders associated with inflammation and swelling of the retina. Unfortunately, the use of intraocular steroids is also associated with several side effects, including increased intraocular pressure and the development of cataracts. This article describes a case of intravitreal steroid injection resulting in filtering bleb rupture due to an acute rise of intraocular pressure, expands on the mechanism, and provides possible ways to avoid such an occurrence in thin, cystic filtering blebs.

Valsalva retinopathy associated with the choking game.

A 41-year-old man with high myopia presented with a central scotoma in the left eye. Initial visual acuity in the left eye was count fingers. Color fundus photos, fluorescein/indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography of the macula were performed showing intraretinal and subretinal hemorrhage over the macula.