Fibrinous iritis due to oxybuprocaine.

• DOI: 10.1136/bjo.73.1.76
• Publication Date: 2007-09-18T21:53:19Z
• Authors: R Haddad
• Keywords: Male; Iritis; Cataract Extraction; Middle Aged; Corneal Diseases; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Postoperative Complications; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Female; Anesthetics, Local; Procaine

Following minor surgery performed under topical application of oxybuprocaine (Dorsacaine, Novesin) two patients suffered from fibrinous iritis and moderate corneal swelling. We believe that this represents a toxic reaction caused by an inadvertent entry drug into the anterior chamber during procedure.