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Letter to the Editor
Ultrasound biomicroscopy of acute glaucoma in a patient with metastatic cancer
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Editor,—Determination of the mechanism of acutely elevated intraocular pressure is extremely difficult if not impossible in the presence of impaired transparency of the anterior ocular segment. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), a high resolution (50 MHz) ultrasonographic technique, can be helpful in determining the underlying mechanisms in such a case.12
CASE REPORT
A 61-year-old man presented with severe pain and profound visual impairment in his right eye. Ophthalmic examination revealed visual acuities of hand movement in the right eye and 20/30 in the left. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was 53 mm Hg in the right eye and 14 mm Hg in the left. Slit lamp biomicroscopy and gonioscopy of the left eye revealed a clear cornea, deep …