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CASE REPORT
Anterior chamber exudation in chronic myeloid leukaemia
  1. Ravi Bypareddy,
  2. Brijesh Takkar,
  3. Shorya Vardhan Azad,
  4. Rohan Chawla
  1. Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brijesh Takkar, britak.aiims{at}gmail.com

Summary

Anterior chamber leukaemic hypopyon is a rare occurrence in chronic myeloid leukaemia. We discuss two cases marked by rapid exudation inside the anterior chamber, which were subsequently diagnosed as chronic myeloid leukaemia. The hypopyon in both the cases resolved on induction of chemotherapy.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-217173

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    • Contributors RB took part in diagnosis and management of the patients, writing the manuscript and image documentation. BT was involved in diagnosis and management of the patients, writing the manuscript, image documentation and critically revising the manuscript. SVA contributed by writing the manuscript and critically revising the manuscript. RC was involved in diagnosis and management of the patients, critically revising the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.