title: Prevalence of glaucoma in treated multibacillary Hansen disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of glaucoma in a population of patients with multibacillary Hansen disease who had completed treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors examined 386 of 446 patients with treated multibacillary Hansen disease residing in a geographically limited area. A complete ophthalmic examination including slit-lamp, applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, ophthalmoscopy, and stereobiomicroscopic examination of the optic disc was performed in all subjects. Glaucoma suspects were invited to the base hospital for further examination including automated perimetry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence of glaucoma was 3.6% (CI 1.9-5.3); 1.3% had primary open-angle glaucoma, 7% were primary angle-closure suspects (occludable angles), 1.8% had primary angle-closure glaucoma, and 0.5% had secondary glaucoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of primary glaucoma in patients with treated multibacillary Hansen disease was similar to that in the general population, and secondary glaucoma was rare.
authors.affiliation: L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. ravithomas@lvpeye.stph.net
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Saju
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Jayaprakash
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muliyil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006068:Gonioscopy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D015995:Prevalence; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D002738:Chloroquine