title: A cytologic aid to diagnosing congenital glaucoma.
abstract: Using the Giemsa and Papanicolaou staining methods, the authors studied the superficial corneal epithelium of 17 glaucoma patients and 25 normal patients. Smears of the normal patients exhibited a high frequency of precornified cells and a paucity of cornified cells with pyknotic nuclei. Smears of the glaucomatous patients illustrated striking tinctorial changes; these changes were so pronounced that examination of a single section strongly suggested a diagnosis of glaucoma. A case report is presented in which a preliminary diagnosis of congenital glaucoma was disproved by these staining techniques.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*