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Charles D. Phelps, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1975;93(5):390.

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To the Editor.

—I agree with Dr. Sussman that his patient resembles those I described. The common features are unilateral shallowing of the anterior chamber, accompanied by a myopic shift in refraction and, occasionally, closure of the chamber angle.

The cause in Dr. Sussman's case and in those I described was probably inflammation of the ciliary body or overlying sclera. Apparently Harada disease can cause a similar syndrome.¹

Shallowing of the anterior chamber has also been noted after scleral buckling operations and, recently, after extensive photocoagulation of the peripheral retina in diabetics.^2,3 It can be produced experimentally in monkeys by occluding three vortex veins.⁴ Vascular congestion of the ciliary body may be the factor common to all of these diverse origins of the condition.

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