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Glaucoma Associated With the Nevus of Ota
Joseph A. Khawly, MD;
Nauman Imami, MD;
M. Bruce Shields, MD;
Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1996;5(9):493-494.
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A 55-YEAR-OLD African American man was referred to our institution for an ocular examination. On examination, visual acuity was corrected to 20/20 OU. Applanation tension was 16 mm Hg in the right eye and 34 mm Hg in the left. Results of the external examination were remarkable for increased skin pigmentation on the left side of the face (Figure 1). Results of slit-lamp examination of the anterior segment of the right eye were normal. Examination of the left eye disclosed patchy episcleral pigmentation (Figure 2). The iris showed increased pigmentation and loss of stromal crypts when compared with the right eye. By gonioscopy, the angle of the right eye was open and normal in appearance with a minimal amount of trabecular meshwork pigmentation, while all angle structures of the left eye were obscured by a heavy amount of pigmentation (Figure 3). Funduscopic examination revealed physiologic cupping in the right
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