title: Uveal effusion syndrome associated with primary pulmonary hypertension and vomiting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We treated a 69-year-old woman with bilateral uveal effusions associated with primary pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, and vomiting.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient underwent ophthalmoscopic, echocardiographic, and fluorescein angiographic examinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Increased venous pressure caused by congestive heart failure and vomiting was implicated as the cause of bilateral uveal effusions. The uveal effusions responded well to systemic furosemide.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary pulmonary hypertension with right-sided congestive heart failure and vomiting can lead to the development of uveal effusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110-8096, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Akduman
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Del Priore
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meredith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D005665:Furosemide