Posner-Schlossman Syndrome in Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Observations on glaucomatocyclitic crises (Posner-Schlossman syndrome).

THE s'yndrome of glaucomatocycitic crises occupies a unique and important position among the many and heterogeneous types of glaucoma associated with uveitis. Its ominous onset, often highlighted by very high tension, is belied by the benign course it follows if treated with discretion. If the ophthalmologist is aware of this condition, he will be spared needless worry, and, more important, the...

Optic Disc Atrophy in Patient with Posner-Schlossman Syndrome

A 32-year-old man with blurred vision in the right eye and headache presented with anterior uveitis, an intraocular pressure (IOP) of 60 mmHg, an open angle, no visual field defects, and normal optic nerve. He had a history of five previous similar attacks. In each of the previous instances, his anterior uveitis and high IOP were controlled with antiglaucoma medications and topical steroids. Ho...

Diagnostics for Common Variable Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Serum Th1 and Th17 related cytokines and autoantibodies in patients with Posner-Schlossman syndrome

Posner-Schlossman syndrome (PSS) shares some clinical features with uveitis and open angle glaucoma. Cytokines and autoantibodies have been associated with uveitis and open angle glaucoma. However, the role of serum cytokines and autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of PSS remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the associations of type 1 T helper (Th1) and Th17 related cytokines and autoan...

Clinical outcomes in cytomegalovirus-positive Posner-Schlossman syndrome patients treated with topical ganciclovir therapy.

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-positive Posner-Schlossman syndrome patients undergoing topical ganciclovir treatment. DESIGN Retrospective, comparative, and interventional case series. METHODS One eye of each of 126 consecutive Posner-Schlossman syndrome patients was investigated using aqueous polymerase chain reaction (PCR...