Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis complicated by hypertonia: a case report

Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis or Fuchs’ syndrome is a fairly common etiology of uveitis, but its pathophysiological mechanism remains poorly understood. The positive diagnosis remains clinical. Ocular hypertonia can complicate the disease, necessitating medical management and sometimes recourse to trabeculectomy. We report the case of a young patient with Fuchs heterochromia complicated by ocular hypertonia.