A Case of Ghost Cell Glaucoma in Phakic Eye.

Park, Meegyeoung; Tchah, Hungwon; Jin, Yong Han; Kim, Yong Jai

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(5):354-358.
Published online May 1, 1991.

A Case of Ghost Cell Glaucoma in Phakic Eye.

Meegyeoung Park, Hungwon Tchah, Yong Han Jin, Yong Jai Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Ulsan University, Asan Medical Center, Korea.

유수성체안에서 발생한 적혈구 고스트 녹내장 1 례

박미경(Mee Gyeoung Park),진용한(Yong Han Jin),김용제(Yong Jai Kim),차홍원(Hung Won Tchah)

Abstract

A 52-year-old male was visited our clinic complaining of severe right ocular pain, redness. He had highly elevated intraocular pressure, corneal edema, ciliary injection, cells and flare in the anterior chamber, and vitreous opacities. Then We performed anterior chamber paracentesis and aspiration cytology and this showed typical RBC ghosts with Heinz body so we confirmed the diagnosis of ghost cell glaucoma and treated him with standard medical treatment for glaucoma and anterior chamber irrigation. Since there has been no previous reports of cases like this, we present this case for the first time in Korea.

Key Words: Ghost cell glaucoma;Vitreous hemorrhage