Transient open-angle glaucoma associated with sickle cell trait: report of 4 cases.
Four black patients, all with sickle trait (SA), developed transient open-angle glaucoma with blood in Schlemm's canal. In 3 patients the condition followed blunt trauma, while in the fourth no antecedent trauma was described. The intraocular pressure became normal in all 4 cases with the resolution of the haemorrhage from the trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006068:Gonioscopy; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications