Angle-closure glaucoma secondary to multiple ciliary body cysts

ABSTRACT

A 61-year-old woman suffered from recurrent self-limiting attacks of acute glaucoma due to angle-closure caused by the primary epithelial cysts of ciliary body that were present through its entire circumference. Peripheral or sector iridectomy has been reported to be a successful management of this type of glaucoma. However, because this patient also had a cataract, I performed cataract extraction with a sectory iridectomy and a posterior chamber intraocular lens implant, resulting in the gratifying recovery of sight [from visual acuity of 20/200 to 20/40] and a proper control f glaucoma. [Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology 830, 45, April, 1992]