[Steroid glaucoma in severe atopic keratoconjunctivitis. A reminder for possible therapy with plasmapheresis].

In 1989 in the authors' hospital four plasmaphereses were performed in a patient treated with steroids on account of severe atopic keratoconjunctivitis with suspicion of hyperimmunoglobulinaemia IgE. As a result of treatment of the basic disease the patient developed steroid glaucoma. The authors recommended as alternative treatment plasmapheresis in order to discontinue corticoid therapy. Three months after the fourth plasmapheresis the intraocular tension improved and is still within a normal range.