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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2014; 231(4): 374-376
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1368284
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Transient Hypotony Caused by Traumatic Ciliary Body Tear without Cyclodialysis Cleft

Vorübergehende Hypotonie verursacht durch einen traumatischen Ziliarkörperriss ohne Zyklodialysespalt
P. Marti
Department of Ophthalmology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Thiel)
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P. B. Baenninger
Department of Ophthalmology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Thiel)
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T. M. Mueller
Department of Ophthalmology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Thiel)
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F. Bochmann
Department of Ophthalmology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Thiel)
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25 April 2014 (online)

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Background

A cyclodialysis cleft allowing flow of aqueous from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space should be considered after blunt ocular trauma followed by hypotony. Usually cyclodialysis clefts are detected by performing gonioscopy [1].

 

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