Anterior chamber

ABNORMAL DEPTH

Very deep

Table 6.1
Causes of very deep anterior chamber
  • 1.

    Large globe

  • 2.

    Large cornea

  • 3.

    Abnormal lens

    • Aphakia

    • Ectopia lentis

  • 4.

    Post-traumatic

    • Angle recession

    • Posterior rupture of globe

  • 5.

    Pigment dispersion syndrome

Shallow

Table 6.2
Causes of shallow anterior chamber
  • 1.

    Small globe

    • Hypermetropia

    • Nanophthalmos

    • Microphthalmos (see Fig. 5.4 )

  • 2.

    Small cornea

  • 3.

    Lens-related

    • Swollen lens

    • Lens dislocated into anterior chamber ( Fig. 6.2 )

      Fig. 6.2

  • 4.

    Post-traumatic

    • External leak ( Fig. 6.3 )

      Fig. 6.3

    • Cyclodialysis cleft

  • 5.

    Postsurgical

    • Leaking cataract section

    • Pupil block by an anterior chamber lens ( Fig. 6.4 )

      Fig. 6.4

    • Expansile gas in vitreous cavity

    • Ciliochoroidal detachments following panretinal photocoagulation

    • Glaucoma filtration surgery ( Fig. 6.5 )

      Fig. 6.5

  • 6.

    Glaucoma

    • Acute angle-closure ( Fig. 6.6 )

      Fig. 6.6

    • Inflammatory pupil block and iris bombé ( Fig. 6.7 )

      Fig. 6.7

  • 7.

    Miscellaneous

    • Ciliary-body tumours and cysts

    • Peters anomaly ( Fig. 6.8 )

      Fig. 6.8

    • Iridoschisis ( Fig. 6.9 )

      Fig. 6.9

Shallow chamber following filtration surgery

Leaking bleb

Signs

Jun 6, 2019 | Posted by in OPHTHALMOLOGY | Comments Off on Anterior chamber

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