title: Congenital glaucoma and its inheritance.
abstract: Congenital glaucoma may be associated, secondary or primary. Primary congenital glaucoma is due to the persistance in the anterior chamber angle of embryonic mesodermal tissue. Its inheritance is autosomal-recessive, sex-controlled and variable in penetrance. The treatment is surgical, goniotomy being as good as trabeculotomy.
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000002:abnormalities; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree