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Medical & Surgical Ophthalmology Research
Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma Resulting from Ciliochoroidal Effusion in a Young Myope Under Aripiprazole Therapy: A Case Report
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Open or CloseAnne-Sophie Simons1,2*, Sophie Lemmens1,2 and Ingeborg Stalmans1,2
1Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals UZ Leuven, Belgium
2Department of Neurosciences, Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Belgium
*Corresponding author:Anne-Sophie Simons, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals UZ Leuven, Belgium
Submission: February 09,2022; Published: February 21,2022
ISSN: 2578-0360Volume3 Issue3
Abstract
A 15-year-old girl presented with unilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma and bilateral myopisation. The patient had a medical history of depression under new therapy with aripiprazole. Ocular ultrasound demonstrated bilateral ciliochoroidal effusion with anterior rotation of the ciliary body and a forward displacement of the lens-iris diaphragm. After topical and systemic antihypertensive treatment and cessation of aripiprazole, intraocular pressure (IOP) normalised.
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