Angle-closure glaucoma: diagnosis

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...

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...

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...

Drug-induced Angle-Closure Glaucoma

Drug-induced angle-closure glaucoma is an important entity for the ophthalmologist as well as the general physician as it represents a preventable cause of potential blindness. This brief review highlights the fact that a high index of suspicion, in a susceptible individual followed by confirmation on appropriate imaging modality (UBM, ultrasound or anterior segment OCT) can alleviate the threa...