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Abstract #52013 Published in IGR 14-4

Is pre-operative ciliary body and iris anatomical configuration a predictor of malignant glaucoma development?

Prata TS; Dorairaj S; De Moraes CG; Mehta S; Sbeity Z; Tello C; Liebmann J; Ritch R
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2013; 41: 541-545


BACKGROUND: To investigate anatomic configuration of ciliary body and iris, using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), as a predictive factor for development of malignant glaucoma (MG). DESIGN: Retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Cohort of 31 consecutive patients diagnosed with postsurgical MG. METHODS: Anterior chamber angle, iris and ciliary body configuration of involved eyes that had UBM evaluation prior to the onset of MG were evaluated. Patients with no pre-surgical UBM of the involved eye, we analyzed UBM information from the fellow eye, imaged within 6 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Qualitative UBM parameters. RESULTS: Thirty-one eyes of 31 patients (mean age 69.7±13.9 years) had confirmed MG between 1996 and 2008. Most patients were women (65%), of European ancestry (52%) and had an anatomic narrow angle or angle-closure glaucoma (77%). Mean IOP at diagnosis was 30.4±13.5 mmHg. The most common previous surgeries noted were trabeculectomy with mitomycin C [45%, 17/31 eyes; combined (10%, 3/17 eyes) or not (45%, 14/17 eyes) with cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation] and cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation (26%, 8/31 eyes). Among the 31 cases, we were able to evaluate the UBM of 13 patients (13 eyes) including involved eyes imaged prior to the MG onset or eligible fellow eyes. A narrow angle with or without irido-trabecular contact was found in all eyes. A large and/or anteriorly positioned ciliary body associated with an iris root angulating forward and centrally, revealing a plateau iris configuration, was noticed in 85% (11/13) of these eyes. Based on gonioscopic data, (8/11 eyes) had a low or incomplete plateau. CONCLUSION: Plateau iris configuration could be a risk factor for development of MG. Identification of this using UBM should be considered as a predictor of possible post-operative MG development.

Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Classification:

9.4.11.1 Ciliary block (malignant) glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)
2.8 Iris (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
2.9 Ciliary body (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)



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