IT is well known that there is a connexion between a narrow angle of the anterior chamber and primary acute glaucoma. As the chamber angle differs in each individual, it may often be difficult to decide how it should be classified; there is no method of measuring the angle, and it is therefore justifiable to determine a measurement which gives an indirect indication of its size. The axial chamb...

Three prickles about 2 mm. long were embedded in and penetrating the full thickness of the cornea. They were stiff, fine, and like needle-tips; their bases were flush with the corneal epithelium, and the shafts traversed the full corneal thickness with the pointed end protruding I mm. into the anterior chamber. The positions of two of the prickles are visible in Fig. I, the third being hidden u...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of "masked" pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome in eyes with circular posterior synechiae receiving antiglaucomatous therapy with miotics. DESIGN Cross-sectional prospective study. METHODS Twenty-eight eyes of 27 consecutive patients with circular posterior synechiae and a history of miotic drug use without previous intraocular surgery, inflammation, or ...