First Described Case of Anterior and Posterior Segment Crystals in Phacolytic Glaucoma

Authors

Manal H. Peracha-Riyaz, Henry Ford Health
Zuhair H. Peracha, Henry Ford Health
Justin Spaulding, Henry Ford Health
Paul Baciu, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Shareef Ahmed, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Nauman R. Imami, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Deborah Darnley-Fisch, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Uday R. Desai, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Peracha-Riyaz MH, Peracha ZH, Spaulding J, Baciu P, Ahmed S, Imami NR, Darnley-Fisch D, and Desai U. First described case of anterior and posterior segment crystals in phacolytic glaucoma J Glaucoma 2017

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2017

Publication Title

Journal of glaucoma

Abstract

Phacolytic glaucoma is an open-angle glaucoma that occurs when lens proteins from hypermature cataracts seep through an intact anterior capsule and induce obstruction of the trabecular meshwork by inflammatory cells. We review the case of a 66-year-old man who presented with acute pain, a hypermature cataract, prominent anterior chamber crystals, and elevated intraocular pressure. After cataract surgery was performed, iridescent crystals were noted in the posterior chamber. Anterior chamber crystals have been associated with phacolytic glaucoma, but this is the first case demonstrating crystals in the posterior chamber as well.

Medical Subject Headings

Aged; Anterior Eye Segment; Cataract; Crystallins; Crystallization; Eye Pain; Glaucoma, Open-Angle; Humans; Intraocular Pressure; Iridectomy; Male; Phacoemulsification; Posterior Eye Segment; Tonometry, Ocular; Trabecular Meshwork

PubMed ID

28234682

Volume

26

Issue

5

First Page

171