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Posner-Schlossman Syndrome

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Intraocular Inflammation

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Posner-Schlossman syndrome is characterized by recurrent, unilateral attacks of acute ocular hypertension associated with a mild anterior uveitis. It was first described by Posner and Schlossman in 1948. This syndrome is often called glaucomatocyclitic crisis. Although intraocular pressure is severely elevated, the anterior chamber angle is open. Ocular hypertension mostly becomes normal after 1 month with reduction of ocular inflammation. Intraocular pressure (IOP) is normal in the convalescent stage (Table 92.1).

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno MD, PhD, Kenichi Namba MD, PhD & Akiko Miyazaki MD

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  1. Centre of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Manfred Zierhut

  2. Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eyes Hospital, Department of Medical Retina, UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Carlos Pavesio

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno

  4. University of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Fernando Orefice

  5. USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Narsing A. Rao

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Ohno, S., Namba, K., Miyazaki, A. (2016). Posner-Schlossman Syndrome. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_92

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