Update on angle-closure glaucoma: diagnosis

Update on angle-closure glaucoma: diagnosis.

1. What is the importance of gonioscopy in the diagnosis of patients with angle-closure glaucoma? a. It allows the extension of a given open angle to be established. b. This is the most relevant examination for the classification of glaucoma. c. Excessive pressure exerted on the lens can reduce the opening angle of the anterior chamber. d. It does not allow differentiation between the appositio...

Angle-closure glaucoma: diagnosis.

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and th...

Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma: An Update for Optometrists

of individuals with European ancestry.2 Recent estimates suggest that PACG affects about 1.6 million people in Europe and 581,000 people of European descent in the US.2 Among patients of African descent, PACG prevalence is lower, but the severity is often worse.3 As the global population expands and ages, the number of individuals affected by PACG is expected to reach 23 million by 2020 and 32 ...

Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Primary angle-closure glaucoma

The picture of primary angle-closure glaucoma accompanied by its shallow anterior chamber is so distinct that for many years it has evoked considerable curiosity concerning possible genetic determination. Family trees were published (Sedan and Sedan-Bauby, 1949; Waardenburg, I96I) and attempts were made to fit the inheritance into a genetic pattern-but without convincing success. Authors seemed...