Spontaneous recovery in phacolytic glaucoma.
We report a case of phacolytic glaucoma in which spontaneous absorption of the hypermature lens allowed a patient who refused surgery to recover a normal pressure and satisfactory visual acuity.
Blaise
Pierre
P
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sart Tilman, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Duchesne
Bernard
B
Guillaume
Serge
S
Galand
Albert
A
D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents