The importance of disc hemorrhage in the prognosis of chronic open angle glaucoma.
The progression of field damage of 48 eyes with chronic simple glaucoma and a splinter hemorrhage on the disc was compared with that of 48 chronic simple glaucoma eyes without hemorrhage. The incidence of visual field progression was substantially higher among those with a hemorrhage. Similar visual field progression was substantially higher in 29 eyes with elevated introcular pressure and a disc hemorrhage when compared with 29 ocular hypertensive patients with no hemorrhage. The prognostic importance of a disc hemorrhage is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply; D011379:Prognosis; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D014794:Visual Fields