Increased prevalence of occludable angles and angle-closure glaucoma in patients with pseudoexfoliation.
The association between angle-closure glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation is controversial. We retrospectively studied the angle configurations of 54 patients with pseudoexfoliation and found gonioscopically occludable angles in five cases (9.3%). We also analyzed the data from several large studies of pseudoexfoliation patients and found an increased prevalence of acute angle-closure glaucoma in this group. These data suggest that pseudoexfoliation patients may represent a high-risk population for the development of angle-closure glaucoma.
Gross
F J
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Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston.
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Epstein
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D017889:Exfoliation Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000209:etiology*; D006068:Gonioscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors