(EXAMPLE) Case report: Spontaneous rupture of secondary iris inclusion cyst causing acute glaucoma and other ocular sequelae

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AUTHORS

Julie M. Shabto, MD, MBA (a),Kenneth W. Price, MD(b), John C. Allen, MD (c), Caroline Craven, MD(a), Jeremy K. Jones, MD(a), and Jill Wells, MD(c)

Author affiliations: (a)Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; (b)Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; (c)Clayton Eye Center, Morrow, Georgia

 

SUMMARY

A 63-year-old woman with a known secondary iris inclusion cyst in her right eye presented with headache, blurry vision, and eye pain of 3 days’ duration. Initial findings were notable for significant decrease invision and elevated intraocular pressure in the right eye, with diffuse micro cystic corneal edema, diffuse anterior chamber flare with minimal cellular reaction, and a significantly decompressed iris inclusion cyst.

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