Increased intraocular pressure secondary to retinal detachment

Four clinical cases of patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) are described. All the patients were men who came to the emergency service with floaters, all presented mild to moderate inflammation in the anterior chamber and increased intraocular pressure greater than 30 mmHg. All were diagnosed of RRD. This demonstrates that a RRD does not always present low IOP. In these cases of clinical retinal pathology and high IOP, we must carefully examine the anterior chamber and the fundus of the eye so that an associated retinal detachment does not remain unnoticed, and can be treated immediately. This association of elevated IOP and RRD is called as Schwartz-Matsuo Syndrome.1.