AQUEOUS MISDIRECTION SYNDROME - A COMPLICATION OF NEODYMIUM-YAG POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY

被引:26
|
作者
MASTROPASQUA, L [1 ]
CIANCAGLINI, M [1 ]
CARPINETO, P [1 ]
LOBEFALO, L [1 ]
GALLENGA, PE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CHIETI,INST OPHTHALMOL,CHIETI,ITALY
来源
关键词
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALIGNANT GLAUCOMA; NEODYMIUM-YAG LASER; POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY;
D O I
10.1016/S0886-3350(13)80238-6
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
A 50-year-old, white, pseudophakic man who had a neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) posterior capsulotomy for capsule opacification developed a persistent rise in intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with a flat anterior chamber. Full-thickness patent iridotomy performed with an Nd:YAG laser did not reduce IOP. A-scan ultrasonography showed aqueous pockets in the vitreous, leading to a diagnosis of malignant glaucoma. Medical therapy comprising atropine, phenylephrine, mannitol, and acetazolamide normalized IOP and resolved the clinical findings.
引用
收藏
页码:563 / 565
页数:3
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] NEODYMIUM YAG-LASER FOR POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY
    WORK, K
    MORTENSEN, KK
    FAURSCHOU, S
    ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, 1985, 63 : 79 - 79
  • [22] INTERMEDIATE-TERM CHANGES IN INTRAOCULAR-PRESSURE AFTER NEODYMIUM-YAG LASER POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY
    LEYS, MJJ
    PAMEIJER, JH
    DEJONG, PTVM
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 1985, 100 (02) : 332 - 333
  • [23] CILIOCHOROIDAL EFFUSIONS AFTER NEODYMIUM-YAG POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY - ASSOCIATION WITH PRE-EXISTING GLAUCOMA AND UVEITIS
    SCHAEFFER, AR
    RYLL, DL
    ODONNELL, FE
    JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, 1989, 15 (05): : 567 - 569
  • [24] LATE-ONSET ELEVATION IN INTRAOCULAR-PRESSURE AFTER NEODYMIUM-YAG LASER POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY
    FOURMAN, S
    APISSON, J
    ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 1991, 109 (04) : 511 - 513
  • [25] PREVENTION OF THE RISE IN INTRAOCULAR-PRESSURE FOLLOWING NEODYMIUM-YAG POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY USING TOPICAL CLONIDINE
    LOEWENSTEIN, A
    VARSSANO, D
    LAZAR, M
    GEYER, O
    ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, 1991, 69 (04): : 462 - 465
  • [26] Simulation of neodymium:YAG posterior capsulotomy for ophthalmologists in training
    Moisseiev, Elad
    Michaeli, Adi
    JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, 2014, 40 (02): : 175 - 178
  • [27] Vitreous opacification after neodymium:YAG posterior capsulotomy
    Kumagai, K
    Ogino, N
    Shinjo, U
    Demizu, S
    Shioya, M
    Ueda, K
    JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, 1999, 25 (07): : 981 - 984
  • [28] Secondary closure of neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy
    Oshika, T
    Santou, S
    Kato, S
    Amano, S
    JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, 2001, 27 (10): : 1695 - 1697
  • [29] NEODYMIUM-YAG LASER ABLATION OF POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES
    EHRLICH, RM
    SHANBERG, A
    FINE, RN
    JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 1987, 138 (04): : 959 - 962
  • [30] NEODYMIUM-YAG LASER DESTRUCTION OF POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES
    EHRLICH, RM
    SHANBERG, AM
    LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE, 1987, 7 (01) : 111 - 111