Increased prevalence of occludable angles and angle-closure glaucoma in patients with pseudoexfoliation

The association between angle-closure glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation is controversial. We retrospectively studied the angle configurations of 54 patients with pseudoexfoliation and found gonioscopically occludable angles in five cases (9.3%). We also analyzed the data from several large studies of p...

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Published inAmerican journal of ophthalmology Vol. 117; no. 3; p. 333
Main Authors Gross, F J, Tingey, D, Epstein, D L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.03.1994
Subjects
Acute Disease
Aged
Anterior Chamber
Exfoliation Syndrome - complications
Eye Diseases - etiology
Female
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure - etiology
Gonioscopy
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
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Summary:The association between angle-closure glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation is controversial. We retrospectively studied the angle configurations of 54 patients with pseudoexfoliation and found gonioscopically occludable angles in five cases (9.3%). We also analyzed the data from several large studies of pseudoexfoliation patients and found an increased prevalence of acute angle-closure glaucoma in this group. These data suggest that pseudoexfoliation patients may represent a high-risk population for the development of angle-closure glaucoma.
ISSN:0002-9394
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)73141-1