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Clinical Case Report
PMID: 27586212
Electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with glaucoma
Ameya Amritwar, Sagar Karia, Avinash De Sousa, Sushma Sonavane
Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Corresponding Author:
Avinash De Sousa
Carmel, 18, St Francis Road, Off S.V. Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai 400054, Maharashtra
India
avinashdes888@gmail.com
Corresponding Author:
Avinash De Sousa
Carmel, 18, St Francis Road, Off S.V. Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai 400054, Maharashtra
India
avinashdes888@gmail.com
| How to cite this article: Amritwar A, Karia S, De Sousa A, Sonavane S. Electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with glaucoma. Natl Med J India 2016;29:85-86 |
Copyright: (C)2016 The National Medical Journal of India
Abstract
There is little information on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the presence of glaucoma. An elderly man with known severe depression underwent surgery for cataract and glaucoma in the left eye. His depression worsened in the postoperative period and he required two sessions of ECT within 2 months of the surgery. There were no ophthalmic complications or adverse events associated with ECT and he responded well to treatment.Fulltext Views
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