title: Refractory intraocular pressure increase after phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: CODET Aris Vision Institute, Tijuana Baja California, Mexico.
authors.forename: César A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Galeana
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zadok
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: Arturo S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chayet
mesh_terms: 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