[Angle-closure glaucoma: important points in the diagnosis and follow-up].
A 74-year-old woman visited her local physician complaining of fever, cough, headache, hyperemic left conjunctiva, and blurred vision. She was diagnosed as having common cold and medicated for it, and later, she visited our department. She had a shallow left anterior chamber with moderately dilated pupil. Gonioscopic examination of the left eye revealed a narrow angle corresponding to grade 1 by Shaffer grading system. Left intraocular pressure was 16 mmHg. She was diagnosed to have had a spontaneous recovery from a subacute attack of angle-closure glaucoma. Laser iridectomy was performed and she was put on a regular ophthalmological follow-up. Three years later, she experienced an attack of left angle-closure glaucoma secondary to lens intumescence. She was treated by phacoemulsification and aspitaion which resulted in the eventual cure.
Shimizu
Nobuo
N
Department of Ophthalmology, Nippon Medical School Second Hospital, Japan.
Higuchi
Mariko
M
Wakayama
Kaori
K
Iwanami
Haruhi
H
Yaguchi
Chiemi
C
Horiguchi
Saori
S
Morita
Takumi
T
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D032801:Iridectomy; D018918:Phacoemulsification