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Photocoagulation of iris nevus to control recurrent hyphema
1Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia 65212, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|August 24, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a case of recurrent hyphema caused by an iris nevus that was successfully treated with photocoagulation.
Method:
Case report. In a 30-year-old woman with recurrent hyphema secondary to an iris nevus, photocoagulation was applied to the iris nevus.
Results:
Before photocoagulation of the iris nevus, the patient had increasing frequency of hyphema episodes. After treatment, no hyphema episodes occurred during 13 months of observation.
Conclusion:
Photocoagulation of the surface of an iris nevus may prevent recurrent hyphema.