Subacute angle-closure glaucoma as a cause of headache in the presence of a white eye.
Three patients, initially diagnosed with headache syndromes, were subsequently found to have subacute angle-closure glaucoma. In each case, the eye appeared grossly normal and there were no visual symptoms. A comprehensive ophthalmologic examination, including gonioscopy, confirmed the diagnosis. Laser iridotomy was curative with complete resolution of head and face pain. Subacute angle-closure glaucoma is an exception to the maxim that a white eye is not the cause of a painful eye.
Lewis
J
J
Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Fourman
S
S
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000150:complications*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged