Abstract

ESCALONA BALLESTER, Yurisván et al. Chandler's syndrome. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2015, vol.28, n.2, pp.234-239. ISSN 0864-2176.

Chandler's syndrome is a clinical variant of the iridocorneal endothelial syndrome in which the common aspect is the altered corneal endothelium that is sometimes very difficult to be diagnosed on account of the complexity and variability of signs and symptoms. This article was aimed at showing the effectiveness of specular microscopy for diagnosis. Here is a 67 years-old female patient who had significant reduction of vision in her left eye. On examination, there were observed severe corneal edema, pupillary mydriasis, mild corectopia towards the temporal sector with angled iridal traction and anterior angle synechias on the corectopia side. The endothelial counting revealed qualitative and quantitative alterations in the left eye. It was concluded that the specular microscopy is the key to diagnosis and assessment of suspected Chandler's syndrome cases

Keywords : Chandler; iridocorneal endothelial syndrome; specular microscopy.

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