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Abstract #19408 Published in IGR 9-3
Chronic angle-closure glaucoma secondary to a suprachoroidal effusion induced by central retinal vein occlusion
Papamatheakis DG; Devaux A; Cordahi G; Harasymowycz PJOphthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging 2007; 38: 248-249
A 68-year-old woman presented to the ophthalmology emergency clinic with a painful left eye of a few hours' duration. One month prior, the patient had presented with a central retinal vein occlusion in the same eye. Examination revealed an intraocular pressure of 32 mmHg in the left eye with 360° angle closure unaltered by indentation, a patent iridectomy from a previous combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy surgery, and no evident iris or angle neovascularization. Ultrasound biomicroscopic examination revealed a large suprachoroidal effusion with anterior rotation of the ciliary body and secondary angle closure in the left eye. The patient underwent successful pars plana vitrectomy, radial optic neurotomy, intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection, and goniosynechialysis.
Dr. P.J. Harasymowycz, Ophthalmology Research Unit, CARC, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, 5415 de l'Assomption Blvd., Montreal, Que. H1T 2M4, Canada
Classification:
9.4.5.5 Other (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)
9.3.2 Chronic primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)
