Measurement of anterior lens growth after acute primary angle-closure glaucoma.
METHODS
A 51-year-old woman present with bilateral acute primary angle-closure glaucoma. Glaukomflecken were prominent. Anterior lens growth in front of the glaukomflecken was measured 12 years later.


CONCLUSIONS
Lens thickness is important in the pathogenesis of acute primary angle closure, and lens growth can become significant with time in eyes already at risk.
Yip
Leonard W
LW
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. leonard_yip@ttsh.com.sg
Aquino
Maria Cecilia
MC
Chew
Paul T K
PT
D000208:Acute Disease; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged