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American Journal of Neuroradiology 24:1552-1553, September 2003
© 2003 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
INTERVENTIONAL

Glaucoma as a Complication of Superselective Ophthalmic Angiography

Takatoshi Sorimachi^a, Jun Maruya^b, Yuka Mizusawa^c, Yasushi Ito^d and Shigekazu Takeuchi^d

^a Department of Neurosurgery, Nishiogi-chuo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
^b Department of Neurosurgery, Niigata Prefectural Koide Hospital, Niigata, Japan
^c Department of Ophthalmology, Niigata Prefectural Koide Hospital, Niigata, Japan
^d Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Address correspondence to Dr. Takatoshi Sorimachi, Department of Neurosurgery, Nishiogi-chuo Hospital, 2–5–5, Nishiogi-kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 167-0042, Japan

Summary: We report a case of glaucoma that resulted as a complication of superselective ophthalmic angiography in a 67-year-old man with a recurrent olfactory groove meningioma. Superselective angiography in the right ophthalmic artery was performed to confirm the orifice of the feeding arteries during preoperative embolization. Immediately after the fourth injection of contrast medium, the patient suffered from acute angle-closure glaucoma with elevation of intraocular pressure. Early treatment, including laser iridotomy, relieved the symptoms completely.