Acute angle closure in an aphakic infant: Case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Aphakic pupillary block glaucoma is a rare complication after congenital cataract surgery. We describe the case of an infant with acute angle closure in an aphakic eye following congenital cataract lensectomy with anterior vitrectomy nine months prior. Potential pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies are discussed.

Observations

A one-year-old male infant presented to our emergency unit with right eye injection and pain. At the age of six weeks he had undergone right eye lensectomy with anterior vitrectomy for congenital cataract and was left aphakic with large anterior and posterior capsulorrhexis. Examination was significant for a shallow anterior chamber centrally and iridocorneal touch of the periphery for 360° with intraocular pressure (IOP) measured a

SUBMITTER: Smolar LO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517314 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature