title: A RARER FORM OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA--DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to show how we diagnosed and treated a rarer form of angle-closure glaucoma; the pathogenic mechanism was angle crowding through thick peripheral iris roll.
  
  
  METHODS
  we show the investigations: biomicroscopy of the fundus, tonometry, pachymetry, gonioscopy, perimetry, ultrasound biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography of the anterior segment--that helped us to diagnose the angle-closure glaucoma and its pathogenic mechanism; we also show our choice for surgery--lens extraction--and our arguments for this choice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  first postoperative day--intraocular pressure was 14 mmHg; a week postoperatively--intraocular pressure was 13 mmHg; three months postoperatively--intraocular pressure was 13 mmHg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  lens extraction may be a very good choice in several forms of angle-closure glaucoma.
authors.forename: Mihail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zemba
authors.forename: Alina-Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Stamate
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Avram Corina
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malciolu
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neacsa
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oprea
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ivascu Diana
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burcea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D063171:Corneal Pachymetry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006068:Gonioscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D035583:Rare Diseases; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods