Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy associated with nonneovascular chronic angle-closure glaucoma.
OBJECTIVE
Cases of angle-closure glaucoma in patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy have been reported secondary to neovascularization of the anterior segment. Cases secondary to nonneovascular mechanisms have not been previously reported.


METHODS
Two cases are presented of angle-closure glaucoma as a result of a nonneovascular mechanism.


RESULTS
Neovascularization was found to be a very unlikely explanation for the angle closure in these two cases.


CONCLUSIONS
There may be an association between familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and angle-closure glaucoma as a direct result of a retrolental process or more likely a relative lens-iris pupillary block with a large lens.
Azuara-Blanco
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A
Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
Pesin
S R
SR
Katz
L J
LJ
Michael
A J
AJ
Tasman
W S
WS
D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D014822:Vitreous Body