A CASE OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA SECONDARY TO CHRONIC ANTERIOR UVEITIS
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 20
Abstract
Elevation of intraocular pressure secondary to intraocular inflammation frequently presents a diagnostic & therapeutic challenge. Secondary glaucoma is more common in chronic anterior uveitis. We present a case of the same, a 25 years old female presented with headache and redness in right eye. She gives history of gradual loss of vision in both eyes 15 years back. On examination there was no perception of light in both eyes and pupillary reactions were absent in both eyes. Anterior segment of right eye showed circumciliary congestion, corneal edema, peripheral anterior synechiae, Aqueous flare of grade 1+, annular posterior synechiae with complicated cataract. Anterior segment of left eye showed shallow anterior chamber with closed angles and complicated cataract. A clinical diagnosis of secondary angle closure glaucoma was made. Once IOP was under control she underwent synechotomy and lens extraction in right eye and lens extraction in left eye. Post operatively corneal edema and congestion resolved. Fundus examination revealed glaucomatous optic atrophy. Thus, prompt and early treatment of anterior uveitis is needed to prevent secondary angle closure glaucoma. We report a case of secondary angle closure glaucoma in a young female patient.
Authors and Affiliations
Pandu S, Sharath R. Yajaman, Sujatha V, Srinivas B, Arunkumar B. Desai
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/445
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