Causes of Shallow Anterior chamber are all except:
Correct Answer: Pathological Myopia
Description: Pathological myopia causes deep anterior chamber. Small axial length causes shallow anterior chamber. Pupil block also would decrease it by doing pupillary block. As it would do the bulge . AC would be shallow in periphery. Iris bombe also causes protrusion of iris and shallow AC Aphakia & myopia- have deep Anterior Chamber definitely. Note- in aphakic patients there will be H/O of limbal surgery (scar on limbus), JET BLACK puppil and tremulousness of iris k/a iridionesis along with deep anterior chamber
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