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Abstract #10367 Published in IGR 6-1
Ciliochoroidal effusion after remission of lens-induced glaucoma detected by ultrasound biomicroscopy
Sakima N; Sakai H; Nakamura Y; Shinjo S; Tomoyose E; Hayakawa K; Sawaguchi SNippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 2004; 108: 38-43
PURPOSE: To report the results of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) cases of ciliochoroidal effusion after a lens-induced glaucoma attack. CASES: Case 1 was an 83-year-old female. She had shallow anterior chamber with expanded cataract with exfoliation in her right eye. Intraocular pressure (IOP) in the right eye was 64 mmHg. On the next day, IOP was reduced to 16 mmHg by conservative therapy. UBM showed circumference ciliochoroidal effusion in the right eye. On the fifth day, IOP increased to 38 mmHg. UBM was repeated and showed that ciliochoroidal effusion had disappeared. On the ninth day, phacoemulsification was done to treat the lens induced glaucoma attack. Two weeks after operation, IOP of the right eye was 6 mmHg and UBM showed ciliochoroidal effusion. Case 2 was an 85-year-old female. She had been diagnosed by an ophthalmologist as having had an attack of lens-induced glaucoma in her left eye. IOP was 46 mmHg. When she was referred to the authors, her IOP was decreased to 24 mmHg and ciliochoroidal effusion was observed in her left eye by UBM. CONCLUSIONS: Two cases of ciliochoroidal effusion associated with lens-induced glaucoma attack are reported. UBM is useful for observing changes in the ciliary body after lens-induced glaucoma attack. LA: Japanese
Dr. N. Sakima, Department of Ophthalmology, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
Classification:
6.12 Ultrasonography and ultrasound biomicroscopy (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
