Atlas of Ophthalmology

Diagnosis:	Flat Anterior Chamber After Penetrating Injury with Iris Incarceration and Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma
Comment to photo:	Vascularized corneal scar with extended anterior synechiae, korectopia, shallow anterior chamber and traumatic cataract. The best approach to therapy is an excentic rotatory keratoplasty. (Separation of the iris incarceration, anterior vitrectomy and implantation of a lens. To avoid this condition the anterior chamber should have been restored at the time of primary surgery.
Author(s):	Naumann, G.O.H., Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Erlangen, Germany
ICD10-Code:	S05.2
Path:	Anterior Chamber -> Depth of Anterior Chamber -> Too Flat
Additional keywords:	Secondary Angle Block Glaucoma after penetrating injury of the eye
Image ID:	6628

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