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In a patient with uveitis who had been treated with Nd:YAG laser capsu
lotomy after cataract surgery, several episodes of acute hypotonia occ
urred which were associated with changes in clinical tests of the eye
and of visual function. Immunosuppressive and immunomodulating treatme
nt appeared to reverse the changes in intraocular pressure and normali
se the test results. The significance of these observations is discuss
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