title: [Overdiagnosis in glaucoma--a real problem?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reassess the diagnosis in a group of patients with diagnosis and treatment for open-angle glaucoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Group of 100 patients with diagnosis and treatment for open-angle glaucoma, sent in our clinic for automated perimetry. We assess: intraocular pressure, automated perimetry, the head of optic disc; sometimes we stopped the treatment and reassess the intraocular pressure; sometimes pahimetry. We confirm or not the diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 41 patients the diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma was not real.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma is made often without clear medical evidences.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta Militar Central.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zemba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cucu
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stinghe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Furedi
authors.forename: Viorica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zugravu
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lacusteanu
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods; D014794:Visual Fields