Clinical analysis of 47 exciting eyes with sympathetic ophthalmia

Objective:To evaluate the factors related to sympathetic ophthalmia.Methods:The deta of pathology of enucleated exciting eyeballs and the histories of the 47 patients were reviewed retrospectively.Results:Sympathetic ophthalmia occurred mostly in younger persons,and the most common causes were ocular perforating injuries,especially at the corneoscleral limbus.Latent periods of 2～8 weeks were more common.Pathologically,the choroid incrassated from posterior to anterior gradually.Conclusions:The incidence of symathetic ophthalmia is related to age and ocular perforating injury.Sympathetic ophthalmia may be diagnosed definitely by pathologic examination.