Spontaneous malignant glaucoma in a patient with patent peripheral iridotomy

BACKGROUND: To report a case of spontaneous malignant glaucoma in an Asian female. To propose the term “positive vitreous pressure glaucoma” to reflect the pathophysiology, treatment and prognosis of the condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 56-year old Chinese female was diagnosed of primary angle closur...

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Autores principales: Premsenthil, Mallika, Salowi, Mohamad Aziz, Siew, Chong Min, ak Gudom, Intan, Kah, Tan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-12-64
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author Premsenthil, Mallika
Salowi, Mohamad Aziz
Siew, Chong Min
ak Gudom, Intan
Kah, Tan
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Salowi, Mohamad Aziz
Siew, Chong Min
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Kah, Tan
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description BACKGROUND: To report a case of spontaneous malignant glaucoma in an Asian female. To propose the term “positive vitreous pressure glaucoma” to reflect the pathophysiology, treatment and prognosis of the condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 56-year old Chinese female was diagnosed of primary angle closure glaucoma and had bilateral laser peripheral iridotomy one year ago. She presented with spontaneous onset of malignant glaucoma involving the left eye. The condition was treated successfully; the final best corrected visual acuity was 0.67 (decimal notation). CONCLUSION: This case highlights that acute angle closure attack can occur in an eye with patent peripheral iridotomy. Early recognition and treatment is essential for good visual prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-35544382013-01-29 Spontaneous malignant glaucoma in a patient with patent peripheral iridotomy Premsenthil, Mallika Salowi, Mohamad Aziz Siew, Chong Min ak Gudom, Intan Kah, Tan BMC Ophthalmol Case Report BACKGROUND: To report a case of spontaneous malignant glaucoma in an Asian female. To propose the term “positive vitreous pressure glaucoma” to reflect the pathophysiology, treatment and prognosis of the condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 56-year old Chinese female was diagnosed of primary angle closure glaucoma and had bilateral laser peripheral iridotomy one year ago. She presented with spontaneous onset of malignant glaucoma involving the left eye. The condition was treated successfully; the final best corrected visual acuity was 0.67 (decimal notation). CONCLUSION: This case highlights that acute angle closure attack can occur in an eye with patent peripheral iridotomy. Early recognition and treatment is essential for good visual prognosis. BioMed Central 2012-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3554438/ /pubmed/23241197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-12-64 Text en Copyright ©2012 Premsenthil et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Premsenthil, Mallika
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title_short Spontaneous malignant glaucoma in a patient with patent peripheral iridotomy
title_sort spontaneous malignant glaucoma in a patient with patent peripheral iridotomy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554438/
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