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Pachyphakia, Microcornea, and Angle Closure A patient presented for right eyelid drooping and redness. The patient had a remote history of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) which had been treated with extensive retinal laser ablation as a neonate. The patient was found to have pachyphakia, microcorn…

Bleb Leak A patient with past ocular history of trabeculectomy for juvenile open angle glaucoma and DSAEK for Fuch’s endothelial corneal dystrophy presented to the emergency room with left eye blurred vision and redness. The patient was diagnosed with acute graft rejection. The patient was starte…

Isolated Spherophakia A patient with ocular hypertension and narrow angle was found to have Isolated Spherophakia. She underwent phacoemulsification with a capsular tension ring and intraocular lens in the bag OS. She then had a pars plana vitrectomy with a scleral fixated lens OD. Post-operatively…

A patient with bilateral corneal edema and elevated intraocular pressure due to cosmetic iris implants. Slit lamp photos showing left worse than right corneal edema, with distortion of native iris behind the implant. High resolution ultrasound biomicroscopy showing iris implant resting in the angle…

Traumatic Iris Tear A patient presented to the ER with traumatic cataract, blown pupil, and hyphema. During follow up, noted to have a cyclodialysis cleft with subsequent closure and elevation in intra-ocular pressure. The patient failed medical management of the elevated pressure. The patient requ…

Iridocorneal Endothelial (ICE) Syndrome, Cogan-Reese/Iris Nevus Syndrome Subtype with Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma A patient presented with a 3-day history of unilateral worsening eye pain, blurry vision and irregular pupil in the right eye. Found to have elevated IOP at an outside facility and…

Slit lamp examination discloses corneal endothelial irregularity, trace MCCE, iridocorneal touch with high PAS at 1:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:30, pigmented nodules, and correctopia in the right eye.

Cosmetic Iris Implant A patient presented for bilateral blurred vision and eye pain of 3 days duration. The patient had previously undergone bilateral LASIK and cosmetic iris implantation. He was found to have decreased vision of 20/800 on the right eye and could see the 20/200 E when held at his f…

Enlarged Tube-Shunt Bleb After Glaucoma Tube Shunt Implantation A middle-aged patient with a past ocular history of a congenital cataract in the left eye, status-post cataract extraction without intraocular lens placement as child, subsequent iris-sutured intraocular lens placement in 2018, and mul…

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 …

Glaucoma Drainage Device Related Endophthalmitis A patient with extensive past ocular history and multiple ocular surgeries, most recently a few months prior to presentation came to the emergency department with one day of pain and vision loss. On examination, patient was found to have a hypopyon, …

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…

Posner-Schlossman Syndrome/Glaucomatocyclitic Crisis A patient presented with decreased vision in the left eye after being struck in the eye by a cabinet. The patient stated that he was struck in the eye 1 month prior to presentation, but only experienced decreased vision start 1 week prior. Upon p…

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…

Phacomorphic Glaucoma A patient with a history of chronic angle closure glaucoma (ACG) referred by local ophthalmologist to ED for evaluation. Patient had previously undergone a laser iridotomy in both eyes and had a history of chronic angle closure glaucoma. The intraocular pressure (IOP) was been…

Hypotony Following Glaucoma Drainage Implant A patient with a past ocular history of primary open angle glaucoma who underwent cataract extraction and trabeculectomy in the right eye and cataract extraction in the left eye presented for evaluation of high intraocular pressure in both eyes. Visual a…

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…