Purpose: We report a case of sympathetic ophthalmitis where we performed penetrating keratoplasty on the exciting eye many years after the initial injury.
Methods: Case report.
Results: After penetrating keratoplasty, the patient achieved vision of 3/60 from preoperative perception of light.
Conclusions: Our experience shows that penetrating keratoplasty can restore useful vision in the previously injured exciting eye in sympathetic ophthalmitis. This case highlights a unique example where the inciting eye has ultimately become the eye with the better vision as the damage was limited.
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