Angle-closure glaucoma complicating ciliochoroidal detachment.
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This study found that angle-closure glaucoma secondary to ciliochoroidal detachment, though rare, is effectively treated with cycloplegia, aqueous suppressants, and steroids, unlike primary angle-closure glaucoma.
Abstract
Acute angle-closure glaucoma complicating ciliochoroidal detachment developed in eight eyes of six patients. The clinical presentation was uniform: extremely shallow central anterior chamber depth, flat peripheral anterior chamber, closed angle, and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). There were three patients with uveal effusion syndrome, two with posterior scleritis, and one with an arteriovenous malformation. Cycloplegia, along with aqueous suppressants and corticosteroids, successfully resolved the acute glaucoma in all eyes. This rare, secondary glaucoma must be differentiated from primary angle-closure glaucoma, because the treatment is markedly different. Although primary angle-closure glaucoma is treated with miotics and peripheral iridectomy, such therapy may worsen the glaucoma in eyes with angle-closure glaucoma due to a ciliochoridal detachment.
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