Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Feb 2015)

Acute angle closure glaucoma following ileostomy surgery

  • Mariana Meirelles Lopes,
  • Ana Carolina Frota Tavares,
  • Clara Bartha de Mattos Almeida,
  • Tiffany Porraccio,
  • Sergio Henrique Sampaio Meirelles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/0034-7280.20150010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 74, no. 1
pp. 43 – 45

Abstract

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Angle-closure glaucoma can be induced by drugs that may cause pupillary dilatation. We report a case of a patient that developed bilateral angle closure glaucoma after an ileostomy surgery because of systemic atropine injection. This case report highlights the importance of a fast ophthalmologic evaluation in diseases with ocular involvement in order to make accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatments.

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