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Case Reports
. 2011 Sep;25(9):1236-8.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.108. Epub 2011 May 6.

Idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome causing unilateral acute angle closure in a pseudophakic patient

M Bhogal, D Mitry, M Restori, I Subak-Sharpe
Case Reports

Idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome causing unilateral acute angle closure in a pseudophakic patient

M Bhogal et al. Eye (Lond). 2011 Sep.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Van Herrick examination of the right eye showing iridiocorneal contact (a); in the left eye anterior chamber depth is >25% of the corneal thickness (b). On gonioscopy, no angle structures were visible in the right eye (c). There was a normal configuration in the left eye (d).
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a–d) B-scan transverse mode of the right eye highlights an anterior choroidal effusion (arrow) on temporal and nasal gaze. (a, b) Anterior segment OCT demonstrates iridiocorneal contact and closed drainage angle in the affected right eye (c) and the unaffected left eye (d).
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