Plateau Iris Syndrome

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Dr. Alward presents an indentation gonioscopy exam on a 76 year-old woman with a history of narrow angles for which she had undergone iridotomies. She has mild hyperopia (+1.25 D OD and +1.00 D OS). For more information, go to Gonioscopy.org.

Posted: 2/23/2009

Plateau Iris Syndrome

Dr. Alward presents an indentation gonioscopy exam on a 76 year-old woman with a history of narrow angles for which she had undergone iridotomies. She has mild hyperopia (+1.25 D OD and +1.00 D OS). For more information, go to Gonioscopy.org.

Posted: 2/23/2009

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ALTAN A. OZCAN

15 years ago

UBM is a good tool to confirm diagnosis

natalie even

16 years ago

magnificent!

abdul khan

16 years ago

are there any other supplement test beside gonioscopy to to make a confirm diagnosis of plateau iris syndrome???

ari weitzner

17 years ago

by definition, they can go into closure despite a pi. one typically needs to do iridoplasty with the argon laser to keep angle open.

Arun Thiru

17 years ago

Do these patients benifit from a peripheral YAG iridotomy?

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