title: [Increased episcleral venous pressure in uveal effusion].
abstract: This paper reports on two patients with bilateral, spontaneous choroidal and retinal detachment. One patient had scleritis, while in the other no underlying eye disease was found. No signs of orbital venous congestion were detected. Although the pathogenesis of this disease is not fully known, the findings of (1) dilated episcleral veins and (2) elevated episcleral venous pressure suggest an obstruction of venous outflow from the uveal tract. The authors believe that these two findings may have been caused by shunting of venous blood anteriorly from the uveal tract into the episcleral veins due to partial obstruction of the vortex veins.
authors: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Rigshospitalet, Kopenhagen.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Jørgensen
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Payer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000098:blood supply; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012169:Retinal Vein / Q000503:physiopathology; D012590:Sclera / Q000098:blood supply*; D014602:Uvea / Q000098:blood supply*; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014690:Venous Pressure
vernacular_title: Erhöhter episkleraler Venendruck bei uvealer Effusion.