Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis complicated by hypertonia: a case report

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zahira HAZIL* salma HASSINA ihssan HASNAOUI louai SERGHINI elhassan ABDALLAH
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat RABAT MOROCCO

Abstract
Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis or Fuchs’ syndrome is a fairly common etiology of uveitis, but its pathophysiological mechanism remains poorly understood. The positive diagnosis remains clinical. Ocular hypertonia can complicate the disease, necessitating medical management and sometimes recourse to trabeculectomy. We report the case of a young patient with Fuchs heterochromia complicated by ocular hypertonia.

Keywords
Heterochromic iridocyclitis –hypertonia- catract

Doi : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10512692

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HAZIL, Z., HASSINA, S., HASNAOUI, I., SERGHINI, L., & ABDELLAH, E. H. (2023). FUCHS' HETEROCHROMIC IRIDOCYCLITIS COMPLICATED BY HYPERTONIA: A CASE REPORT. International Journal of Science, Applications and Prosperity, 1(1), 13‑18.

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