[A case of acute angle-closure glaucoma secondary to annular ciliochoroidal detachment after unsutured cataract surgery].
BACKGROUND
We report a patient with acute angle-closure glaucoma secondary to annular ciliochoroidal detachment after unsutured cataract surgery.


METHODS
An 82-year-old man was diagnosed with bilateral shallow central anterior chamber depth, flat peripheral anterior chamber, and elevated intraocular pressure. One day previously he had undergone uncomplicated unsutured cataract surgery in the right eye and eight days previously, in the left eye. Ultrasound biomicroscopy revealed annular ciliochoroidal detachment in both eyes. Treatment with intravenous methyl prednisolone deepened the anterior chamber and reduced intraocular pressure.


CONCLUSIONS
Annular ciliochoroidal detachment may lead to anterior rotation of the ciliary body and angle-closure. This clinical entity is indistinguishable from malignant glaucoma when the fundus cannot be visualized.
Ueki
Satoshi
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Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduated School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
Fukuchi
Takeo
T
Funaki
Shigeo
S
Wakai
Mikiko
M
Sawada
Hideko
H
Suda
Kieko
K
Tanaka
Yoko
Y
Nakatsue
Tomoko
T
Ohta
Akiko
A
Hara
Hiroaki
H
Shirakashi
Motohiro
M
Abe
Haruki
H
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome