Iris bombé and angle-closure glaucoma | |
Adhesion to the lens of the pupillary margin after inflammation obstructs aqueous humor. The iris bulges forward and the chamber angle occludes, centrally the anterior chamber still exists. An acute glaucoma develops. | |
Allingham, M.D. Rand, M.D., USA, Durham, NC | |
H40.4 | |
Glaucomas, Ocular Hypertension -> Primary Pupillary-Block and Angle-Closure, Secondary Malignant Glaucomas (see also: Lens-induced Glaucomas) -> Iris bombé | |
glaucomas | |
3977 |