Bilateral acute angle closure in a patient with dengue.

نویسندگان

  • Beuy Joob
  • Viroj Wiwanitkit
چکیده

We report the case of a 46-year-old female patient who presented with bilateral acute angle closure during the course of dengue infection. Dengue diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests. The patient had plateau iris configuration identified by ultrasound biomicroscopy. This is the second reported case with this condition during dengue fever and the first to describe the characteristics of the angle.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

دوره 81 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017