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Zonular Insufficiency in Case of Acute Angle Closure Crisis A patient presented to the BPEI Emergency Room with painful red eye and blurred vision. Prior history included possible eye trauma in the contralateral eye with inferior lens subluxation and normal lens anatomy without phacodonesis in the …

Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema Syndrome A patient with past ocular history of congenital cataracts status post cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens insertion in both eyes was managed by an outside ophthalmologist for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in the right eye. The patient…

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…

Transient Visual Phenomena Associated with High G-Force Maneuvers A 30-year-old male fighter pilot presented with intermittent peripheral vision loss experienced during flight. Initial examination disclosed 20/20 vision in the right and left eye with normal motility, intraocular pressure, and no af…

Total Hyphema A 79-year-old female with no history of trauma presents to the Bascom Palmer Emergency room with one day of sudden decreased vision and pain in the right eye. One day prior, the patient underwent argon laser trabeculoplasty in the right eye for treatment of mild primary open angle gla…

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

Steroid-Induced Glaucoma A 32-year-old female presented to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute complaining of an inferior field defect in her left eye. Examination revealed 20/20 vision with correction, an APD, normal IOP, PCIOL, and optic nerve pallor and cupping of the left eye. Right eye exam was WNL. H…

Restrictive Strabismus Secondary to a Large Encapsulated Non-Valved Glaucoma Drainage Implant Fibrotic Capsule A patient with a history of primary open angle glaucoma of both eyes and myopic degeneration with amblyopia and chronic poor central vision of the right eye presented with elevated intraoc…

Radius-Maumenee Syndrome A 15-year-old male presented with elevated intraocular pressure of the left eye. Gonioscopy revealed blood in Schlemm’s canal. Fundoscopic examination and subsequent ophthalmic imaging confirmed a diagnosis of glaucoma in the left eye. Neuro-imaging was normal without sig…

Primary Congenital Glaucoma A young patient with no past medical or ocular history presented to the emergency room with redness, tearing, and light sensitivity of the left eye. She had no family history of eye conditions and had a normal birth and development thus far. On initial examination in the…

Primary Congenital Glaucoma A young child with no past ocular history presents with vision loss for 2 months. Her exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/250 in the affected eye with intraocular pressures of 38, relative afferent pupillary defect. Slit lamp findings were notable for subtle bupthal…

Primary Congenital Glaucoma We present two cases of patients with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and buphthalmos who underwent cataract surgery and Glaucoma Drainage Implant (GDI). The first case is a young adult, VA 20/60 in the right eye and hand movements (struggle) in the left eye. Intraocul…

Primary Congenital Glaucoma An infant with a past ocular history of epiphora, increased corneal diameter, and elevated intraocular pressure was referred to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for diagnosis and management. Upon initial presentation, the patient's intraocular pressure measured 18/22, whi…

Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma A 73-year-old Hispanic female presented to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute emergency room on June 06, 2019 with complaints of decreased vision and intermittent pain in the left eye. The patient has no past medical and a history of hyperopia both eyes. Humphrey visual fiel…