Pupil sparing excision of an atypical iris melanocytoma induces remission of secondary glaucoma

Diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in the treatment of refractory glaucoma with iris melanocytoma.

Iris melanocytoma is a rare melanocytic nevus with distinctive clinical and pathologic features. Secondary glaucoma may develop rapidly and respond poorly to glaucoma medication in some cases. However, few data are available in the literature with respect to the appropriate treatment for refractory glaucoma associated with iris melanocytoma. Herein, we present a 28-year-old man with blurred vis...

Iridocyclo-retraction in glaucoma secondary to essential iris atrophy.

Baerveldt implant for secondary glaucoma due to iris melanoma

BACKGROUND Proton beam therapy (PBT) is effective in the treatment of iris melanoma. Reported complications after PBT are radiation-induced cataract and raised intraocular pressure (IOP). Filtering glaucoma surgery has generally been avoided because of fears of seeding. CASE REPORT A 37-year-old man presented with a self-discovered, pigmented lesion on his right iris. Four years later, the pi...

An iris coloboma preventing pigmentary glaucoma.

choice to try a new potent medication once a day instead of his current 2 medications, the patient elected to try travoprost once daily beginning on January 3. Two days later, he called complaining of mild redness, discomfort, andblurriness.Hewasadvised of an adjustment period with this eyedrop and told to call back if symptoms did not improve. His symptoms worsened, and by January 8, his visua...

Iris juvenile xanthogranuloma in an infant - spontaneous hyphema and secondary glaucoma

Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a benign histiocytic skin disorder mainly encountered during infancy and childhood. Although with multiple potential localizations, less than 1% of the cases exhibit ocular manifestations. Some of these might lead to serious complications, specifically, secondary glaucoma that can result in severe and blinding eye disease. The aim of the present case report was...