Abstract:The clinical, histological and ultrastructural findings in a case of Cogan-Reese syndrome (iris nevus) are presented. The typical iris nodules first appeared 14 years after a unilateral, juvenile, open-angle glaucoma was diagnosed. No lasting regulation of the intermittently elevated pressure was possible either medically or surgically. The failure of two filtering operations was due to the histologically verified endothelialization of the blebs. Endothelialization and deposition of Descemet's membrane on the … Show more
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