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Abstract #19314 Published in IGR 9-3
Posner-Schlossman syndrome (glaucomatocyclitic crisis)
Green RJClinical and Experimental Optometry 2007; 90: 53-56
Posner-Schlossman syndrome (PSS) or glaucomatocyclitic crisis is a rare, typically unilateral recurrent inflammatory ocular hypertensive disease in which diagnosis can be challenging. An acute elevation of intraocular pressure is accompanied by or followed within a few days by a mild, often symptomless uveal inflammation. The mild nature of the uveitis at presentation of the first attack may go undetected. Medical treatment is indicated to prevent pressure-related optic nerve damage and to reduce inflammation. This report details a patient with Posner-Schlossman syndrome whose unilateral pressure elevation was initially treated as acute angle-closure glaucoma. He subsequently had several episodes of increased pressure over a two-year period. Diagnostic difficulties in this case are discussed.
Dr. R.J. Green, 99 Eastwood Street, Kensington, Vic. 3031, Australia. rverde@ozemail.com.au
Classification:
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
