[Dilatation and tortuosity of episcleral vessels in open-angle glaucoma (author's transl)].
We studied two patients with unilateral open-angle glaucoma and bilateral dilatation and tortuosity of the episcleral vessels; the condition was thought to be congenital. Gonioscopy showed that all the eyes were engorged with blood. Episcleral venous pressure was not measured, but resistance to outflow, measured tonographically, showed a marked increase. The clinical significance of this type of glaucoma is pointed out.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012590:Sclera / Q000098:blood supply*; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular
Erweiterung und Schlängelung episkleraler Gefässe und einseitiges Offenwinkel-Glaukom. I. Mitteilung. Klinisches Erscheinungsbild.