Chronic angle-closure glaucoma secondary to a suprachoroidal effusion induced by central retinal vein occlusion

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2007 May-Jun;38(3):248-9. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20070501-13.

Abstract

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 mm Hg in the left eye with 360 degree 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, intra-vitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection, and goniosynechialysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anterior Eye Segment / diagnostic imaging
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Choroid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Choroid Diseases / etiology*
  • Choroid Diseases / therapy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Exudates and Transudates
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / diagnosis
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / etiology*
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / therapy
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Gonioscopy
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Acoustic
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion / complications*
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion / diagnosis
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion / therapy
  • Triamcinolone Acetonide / administration & dosage
  • Vitrectomy

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Triamcinolone Acetonide