Malignant Glaucoma
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چکیده
Malignant glaucoma was described for the first time and named so by Albrecht von Graefe in 1869 [1]. It is characterized by normal or increased IOP (intraocular pressure) associated with axial shallowing of the entire anterior chamber in the presence of a patent peripheral iridotomy [2,3]. The pathology is based on the existence of a block for normal flow of aque‐ ous humour, which results in the accumulation of aqueous at an improper location in the eyeball [4]. The proposed mechanism involves a misdirection of aqueous humour passing posteriorly into or behind the vitreous gel [5]. This is a dynamic process, and if untreated, causes loss of vision. Local hypotensive treatment does not cause normalization of IOP, and conventional glaucoma surgery proves to be ineffective [3].
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