Choroidal detachment after the use of topical latanoprost

PURPOSE: To report a case of delayed choroidal detach. ment after treatment with topical latanoprost. METHODS: Interventional case report. Five years after trabeculectomy in a 9 1-year-old female, a Holmium laser thermal sclerostomy was performed, and a year later, the patient was started on latanoprost .005% every 24 hours an d hydrochloride dorzolamide 2% three times daily. RESULTS: Choroidal detachments developed 2.5 years after the sclerostomy; t hey resolved after discontinuation of the latanoprost and hydrochloride dor zolamide. Subsequently, the patient inadvertently restarted latanoprost. Ag ain, the latanoprost was stopped, with resolution of the choroidal detachme nts. CONCLUSION: Topical latanoprost may lead to choroidal detachments and hypot ory. (C) 2001 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.