clinical manifestation

1. painful blind eye

2. caput medusae
3. cornea becomes hazy
4.anterior chamber becomes very
shallow
5. iris athropic
6. pupil becomes fixed and dilated
and gives a greenish hue
7.optic disc shows glaucomatous
optic athropy
 management

•1. retrobulbar alcohol injection, to relieve

pain.
•​2. destruction of secretory cilliary epithelium
to lower the iop.
•​3.enucleation of eyeball. considered when
pain is not relieved by conservative methods.
 complications

•1. corneal ulceration results from prolonged

epithelial oedema and insensitivity.
sometimes corneal ulcer mau even perforate.
•​2. staphyloma formation as a result of
continued high iop
•​3.athropic bulbi. ultimately cilliary body
degenerates , iop falls and the eyeball shrinks.
 prognosis

•​bad, patient becomes blind.