[Diabetes mellitus and glaucoma].
OBJECTIVE
The evaluation of the incidence of the open angle glaucoma to the patients with diabetes mellitus compared to the incidence in the general population and the frequency of the neovascular glaucoma.


METHODS
The work consists in a study of 1700 patients with diabetes mellitus who where examined during 13 years.


RESULTS
From 1700 patients with diabetes mellitus, 240 (14.1%) have glaucoma (primary or secondary). Of those 240, 15 (6.2%) have diabetes mellitus type I and 225 (93.7%) have diabetes mellitus type II. Concerning the clinical form of glaucoma, 177 patients (10.4%) have primary glaucoma with open angle, 23 (1.3%) have primary glaucoma with narrow-angle and 40 (2.5%) have secondary glaucoma.


CONCLUSIONS
The highly incidence of the primary glaucoma to the patients with diabetes mellitus comparative to the general population can be explained by the vegetative dysfunction in association with diabetes mellitus and the presence of some common immunitary anomalies. The small numbers of cases with neovascular glaucoma means an indicator of the efficiency of the antidiabetic treatment and of the ocular complications of the diabetes mellitus.
Ignat
Florica
F
Clinica de Oftalmologie Craiova.
Preda
Mirela
M
Olaru
C
C
D003196:Computer Graphics; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology