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¹M.D., Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
²M.D. Professor, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
³M.D. Asistant, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY A 73 year-old man attended for routine follow-up. He had a history of primary open angle glaucoma in the left eye which was diagnosed 2 years ago. He had been using benzalkonium chloride - free travoprost 0.004% eye drop once a day for 2 years. His best corrected visual acuity was 20/60 and intraocular pressure 5 mmHg in the left eye. Dilated fundus examination demonstrated cystoid macular edema as confirmed by optical coherence tomography. In accordance to that the therapy was discontinued until the intraocular pressure value increased and visual acuity recovered after some time. Consequently hypotony and decrease in visual acuity re-occurred due to second application of travoprost and these findings were resolved after the therapy was stopped again. Keywords : Travoprost, hypotony, cystoid macular edema