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Hyphema A patient with past medical history of hypothyroidism, DVT, Basal Cell Carcinoma and past ocular history of birdshot chorioretinitis, severe uveitic glaucoma, and visually significant bilateral cataracts underwent uneventful combined cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation of…

Total hyphema with dehemoglobinized heme inferiorly post operative day 1 s/p ce/iol/kahook dual blade right eye

Hypotony Due to Cyclodialysis Clef A patient with a history of high myopia presented as a referral from an the retina service for low intraocular pressure and blurry vision five months after pars plana vitrectomy for vitreous opacities in the left eye. His intraocular pressure was 8 on difluprednat…

Corneal Decompensation A patient with past ocular history of primary open-angle glaucoma, status post glaucoma drainage implant in the right eye, underwent cataract surgery in the right eye. Preoperative potential acuity meter testing predicted visual acuity outcome of 20/25. The patient developed …

Brimonidine Associated Uveitis A patient with a past ocular history of advanced normal tension glaucoma in both eyes presented with 1 month of blurry vision in both eyes. His exam was notable for decreased visual acuity of 20/30 in the right eye and 20/50 in the left eye. Intraocular pressure was 9…

Exposed Glaucoma Drainage Device A patient with a history of moderate primary open angle glaucoma, pseudophakia, and diabetic macular edema of the right eye presented for a regularly scheduled glaucoma follow-up examination. He had previously undergone a trabeculectomy and subsequent revision in th…

Slit lamp photos demonstrating exposure of a glaucoma drainage device tube in the inferonasal quadrant without evidence of infection.

Neovascular Glaucoma Secondary to Sickle Cell Retinopathy Neovascular glaucoma is a rare cause of elevated intraocular pressure and is typically caused by severe posterior segment ischemia resulting in anterior segment ischemia and neovascularization of the trabecular meshwork angle. Diabetic retin…

Bilateral Tube Exposure A patient presented to the BPEI emergency room with blurry vision and pain of both eyes for 1 week. The patient had a history of Xen gel stents with injection of 0.1ml 0.04mg/mL mitomycin-C, as well as revision of both blebs with injection of triamcinolone and mitomycin-C, i…

Uveitic Glaucoma A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute emergency room with complaints of decreased vision, pain, and photophobia in the right eye for 3 months. The patient has no past medical history. He has a past ocular history of prior pars plana vitrectomy and trabeculectomy in…

Bleb Leak An elderly patient presented to the glaucoma department for follow up examination of her primary open angle glaucoma. Her IOP was above goal and progression was noted on Humphrey visual fields of both eyes. She underwent uncomplicated cataract extraction with intraocular lens implant comb…

Cyclodialysis Cleft A patient with no significant PMHx presented to BPEI one day after being hit with a giant rubber band in his left eye. Visual acuity of the left eye was hand motion and IOP was 21 mmHg. Examination revealed a hyphema, vitreous hemorrhage, and shallow choroidal detachments. The p…

This patient presented with low eye pressure post trauma. OCT shows hypotony maculopathy with choroidal folds. Surgery with direct suture pexy was performed. The pressure improved and the maculopathy improved.