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. 2016 Dec;31(12):1538.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3737-8. Epub 2016 May 12.

Oblique Flashlight Test: Lighting Up Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma

Kiyoshi Shikino  1 , Yuta Hirose  2 , Masatomi Ikusaka  2
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Oblique Flashlight Test: Lighting Up Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma

Kiyoshi Shikino et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: acute angle-closure glaucoma; oblique flashlight test.

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Figure 1
Oblique flashlight test showing a shadow projecting onto the nasal iris (arrow).
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Showing a normal eye without shadowing.
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