title: Glaucoma in a New Zealand White Rabbit Fed High-cholesterol Diet.
abstract: Goniodysgenesis, malformation of the filtration angle, was observed in a New Zealand white rabbit supplied with 100 g/day rabbit chow containing 0.2% cholesterol for 10 months. Histopathology revealed cupping of the optic disc, atrophy of the retina and hyalinization of the ciliary body in the bilateral eyeballs. These findings corresponded with histopathological features caused by glaucoma. On the basis of these findings, we diagnosed this lesion as glaucoma, and classified it as primary glaucoma because of the presence of developmental defects of the filtration angle. In this case, hypercholesterolemia-induced changes, such as aggregation of lipid-laden macrophages and cholesterin clefts in the sclera or choroid, might cause deterioration of the lesions in glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., 3-1-1 Futaba-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 561-0825, Japan.
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuno
authors.forename: Kae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Shuuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: Mikinori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torii
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takasu