Ultrasound biomicroscopy of chronic hypotony after cataract extraction.
Ultrasound biomicroscopy was performed with a UBM 840 (Zeiss-Humphrey) equipped with a 50 MHz probe on a patient with chronic hypotony 1 year after cataract surgery by phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in the capsular bag. This sonographic technique, which provides high-resolution imaging of the anterior segment, showed aqueous humor leakage through the former scleral tunnel incision. Ultrasound biomicroscopy helped detect this patient's postoperative complication and is a good tool for diagnostic procedures in patients with chronic hypotony.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Germany.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D015814:Ocular Hypotension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012590:Sclera / Q000378:metabolism; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D014463:Ultrasonography