Spontaneous recovery in phacolytic glaucoma

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005 Sep;31(9):1829-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.06.036.

Abstract

We report a case of phacolytic glaucoma in which spontaneous absorption of the hypermature lens allowed a patient who refused surgery to recover a normal pressure and satisfactory visual acuity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cataract / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure / drug effects
  • Lens, Crystalline / physiopathology*
  • Recovery of Function
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Tonometry, Ocular
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents