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Table 2 Characteristics of the case series: IOP course and management

From: Brimonidine-associated uveitis – a descriptive case series

ID

Age

Type of glaucoma

Eyes affected

Management: (All stopped Brimonidine)

IOP R/L (mmHg)

IOP R/ L (mmHg) course and surgical management if needed at follow-up

Follow-up time

1

80’s-90’s

NTG

Both

steroids (pred)

20

15

14

15

84 mo.

2

60’s-70’s

OHT

Both

steroids (dexa, flu)

21

22

18

14

14 mo.

3

80’s-90’s

NTG

Both

steroids (dexa)

42

35

6 with Acet

6 with Acet

1 mo.

4

70’s-80’s

POAG

Both

steroids (dexa)

35

41

34 - > TE –>  13 after 2x N

34 - > TE –>  7

28 mo.

5

60’s-70’s

POAG

Left

steroids (dexa)

(13)

15

(12–16) 12–16

2 mo.

6

70’s-80’s

PXG

Both

41

24

12 after TE - > 10

34 –>  34

1 mo.

7

80’s-90’s

POAG

Left

steroids (dexa)

(13)

17

(15 - > CPC - > 10)

24 - > CPC 10

1 mo.

8

80’s-90’s

PXG (R);

PXG - > rubeotic secondary glaucoma ^^ (L)

Both

31

59

10–18

26–45 with Acet

3 mo.

9

80’s-90’s

PXG

Left

steroids (dexa)

(15)

22

(22 - > 12)

31 –> CPC - > 16

9 mo.

10

70’s-80’s

POAG - > rubeotic secondary glaucoma ^ (R); POAG (L)

Right

steroids (pred)

24

(10)

13 - > 45 - > 2x CPC - > 36

(10 - > 20 - > 19)

7 mo.

11

40’s-50’s

secondary glaucoma

Left

(18)

29

(18 - > 10)

CPC - > 23 - > 21

12 mo.

12

70’s-80’s

POAG

Right

28

(20)

19–22

(6–16)

1 mo.

13

70’s-80’s

PXG

Both

13

27

CPC 16

16 (with Acet)

0.5 mo. (lost to follow-up)

14

70’s-80’s

PXG

Both

steroids (dexa)

15

15

 

(lost to follow-up)

15

80’s-90’s

PXG

Both

steroids (flu)

30

17

30 - > TE - > 8

17 - > 17

1 mo.

16

80’s-90’s

PXG

Both

steroids (dexa)

18

15

5

9

1 mo.

  1. Acet acetazolamide, CPC Cyclophotocoagulation, dexa dexamethasone, flu fluorometholone, mo. month(s), N Needling, n.a. not applicable, NTG normal tension glaucoma, OHT ocular hypertension, POAG primary open angle glaucoma, pred prednisolone acetate, PXG pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, TE trabeculectomy. (^) initial differential diagnosis was phakomorphic keratopathy, in follow-ups after 2 months iris hyperemia was classified as determined by uveitis, after 4 months rubeosis was identified correctly to be due to (^^) the development of ocular ischemia