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Mixed Mechanism Glaucoma Secondary to Retained Lens Material A patient with a past ocular history of diabetic cataracts status post cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens insertion 28 years prior to presentation, proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema treated wit…

Phacomorphic Glaucoma and Anterior Lens Capsule Rupture After Laser Peripheral Iridotomy Patient with a history of multiple retinal detachments status post repair and brunescent cataract was seen at outside eye clinic with elevated intraocular pressure, eye pain and decreased vision. Vision was rep…

Cataract Associated with Ciliary Body Melanoma A patient with recently diagnosed ciliary body melanoma was referred to the BPEI glaucoma service for cataract evaluation. Examination revealed CF vision, a dense white cataract, and ciliary body melanoma that had extended into the iris. The patient ha…

Cyclodialysis Cleft After Atent Implantation Patient with history of primary open angle glaucoma presented with persistent hyphema and hypotony after combined cataract surgery and implantation of a stent. Vision on presentation was hand motion with an intraocular pressure of 6. Exam was notable for…

Exudative Retinal Detachment in a Patient with Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis Secondary to Latanoprostene Bunod A young patient was brought in by her mother to evaluate elevated pressure in her right eye. Exam revealed a port wine birth mark over the V1/V2 distribution of the right eye and Nevus o…

Aniridia and Secondary Glaucoma A patient presented with bilateral uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on maximum medical therapy. Clinical exam was limited by corneal scarring of both eyes but visual acuity was 20/350 OD and 20/250 OS. Intraocular pressure was 27 OD and 29 OS. She had long-sta…

Nanophthalmos with Angle Closure Glaucoma A patient presented with uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on maximum medical therapy and had bilateral laser iridotomy. The patient was diagnosed with angle-closure glaucoma. Biometry measurements were consistent with nanophthalmos. The right eye und…

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

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…

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…

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…