title: Bilateral Acute Angle-closure after Intraocular Surgery.
abstract: We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who developed an acute bilateral angle-closure associated with choroidal effusion a day after an uneventful cataract surgery. The same patient had undergone a similarly uneventful cataract surgery two weeks before, under the same protocol, with no postoperative complication in the other eye. Medical treatment, including the use of oral sulfamide-related drugs (acetazolamide), topical beta-blockers and steroids led to a gradual decrease in intraocular pressure (IOP) and choroidal effusion. Despite initial reports suggesting a link between sulfamide-exposure and these rare forms of angle-closure, our report would suggest a more complex pathophysiology behind this intriguing phenomenon. How to cite this article: Hoskens K, Pinto LA, Vandewalle E, Verdonk N, Stalmans I. Bilateral Acute Angle-closure after Intraocular Surgery. J Curr Glaucoma Pract 2014;8(3):113-114.
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, UZ Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoskens
authors.affiliation: Auxiliary Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Luis Abegão
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Auxiliary Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, UZ Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Evelien
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandewalle
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, Focus Eye Clinic, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Verdonk
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, UZ Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stalmans
keywords: Acetazolamide; Acute secondary angle-closure.; Choroidal effusion; Surgery complication