Abstract

HERNANDEZ LOPEZ, Iván et al. Iris in underskirt. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2010, vol.23, suppl.1, pp. 632-640. ISSN 1561-3070.

OBJECTIVE: To present a new clinical sign as a result of a huge posterior pigmented epithelium detachment of the iris in the course of at toxic anterior segment syndrome after a successful cataract surgery. METHOD: A patient who had undergone a cataract surgery by phacoemulsification with posterior chamber foldable intraocular lens implantation, without any incidence or transoperative complication. He was evaluated through biomicroscopy in the immediate postoperative period where a huge posterior pigmented epithelium detachment of the iris was diagnosed. Pictures were taken to document this unusual clinical sign. RESULTS: When performing the pharmacological pupil dilation, all the anterior layers of the iris were retracted, and the posterior pigmented epithelium was sinequiated to the IOL and so much detached that it looks like another iris. No reports of this clinical finding in the ophthalmologic literature were found. We named this sign as Iris in Underskirt. CONCLUSIONS: The posterior pigmented epithelium detachment represents a curious clinical finding that may be unusually associated to the toxic anterior segment syndrome. If it is very extensive, it may be appear as the unusual Iris in underskirt.

Keywords : Iris in underskirt; posterior pigmented epithelium detachment; iris disorders; toxic anterior segment syndrome; phacoemulsification.

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