[Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous--a case report of adult onset acute angle-closure glaucoma].
BACKGROUND
We report a patient with persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous(PHPV) who presented with acute angle-closure glaucoma in his adult life.


METHODS
A 30-year-old man had an attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma associated with retrolenticular fibrous tissue, atrophic retina, and elongated cilliary process in his right eye.


RESULTS
Ultrasound biomicroscopy(UBM) study showed iris bowing, shallow anterior chamber, and elongated cilliary body which were being pulled by the retrolenticular mass. The posterior chamber was normal.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the mechanisms of secondary angle-closure glaucoma in PHPV are complicated, we suspected pupillary block resulting from constriction by the retrolenticular mass in this case.
Sawada
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Department of Ophthalmology, Niigata University School of Medicine, 1-757 Asahi-machi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
Fukuchi
T
T
Ohta
A
A
Suda
K
K
Togano
T
T
Nakatsue
T
T
Funaki
S
S
Hara
H
H
Shirakashi
M
M
Abe
H
H
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000002:abnormalities*