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Secondary glaucoma induced by bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris

Glaucoma secundário à despigmentação bilateral aguda da íris

Abstract

We report a case of a middle-aged woman who developed acute, bilateral, symmetrical, slightly transilluminating depigmentation of the iris and pigment discharge into the anterior chamber following the use of oral moxifloxacin for bacterial sinusitis. She had been misdiagnosed as having autoimmune uveitis, treated with steroids and tropicamide, and underwent severe ocular hypertension and glaucoma despite posterior correct diagnosis.

Keywords:
Iris diseases/diagnosis; Pigment epithelium of eye/pathology; Transillumination; Iridocyclitis/diagnosis; Diagnosis, differential; Anti-bacterial agents/adverse effects; Case reports

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