Secondary glaucoma induced by bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris

Abstract

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

• Doenças da íris/diagnóstico
• Epitélio pigmentado ocular/patologia
• Transiluminação
• Iridociclite/diagnóstico
• Diagnóstico diferencial
• Antibacterianos/efeitos adversos
• Relatos de casos