Refractory intraocular pressure increase after phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a complication resulting from the implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens in a phakic eye.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
We examined a 37-year-old woman with severe myopia who had implantation of a phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens.


RESULTS
The patient developed pigmentary glaucoma with refractory increase in intraocular pressure, despitemedical therapy and intraocular lens removal. Trabeculectomy was required to reduce the pressure.


CONCLUSIONS
This case demonstrates that pigmentary glaucoma secondary to implantation of a phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens can lead to filtering surgery to decrease intraocular pressure.
Sánchez-Galeana
César A
CA
CODET Aris Vision Institute, Tijuana Baja California, Mexico.
Zadok
David
D
Montes
Miguel
M
Cortés
Marco A
MA
Chayet
Arturo S
AS
D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014130:Trabeculectomy