Central corneal thickness. Ocular correlations in normal eyes and those with primary angle-closure glaucoma.

In recent papers (Lowe, I968, I969a) it was shown that in normal eyes, lens position and thickness were coordinated with axial length and radius of corneal curvature, whereas in eyes with primary angle-closure glaucoma these correlations were lacking. Throughout adult life, lenses increase in thickness at the same rate in normal eyes and those with angle-closure glaucoma, but no change could be shown in axial length or mean radius of corneal curvature. The present paper describes investigations to determine whether central corneal thickness is correlated with axial length and radius of corneal curvature, whether central corneal thickness changes with age, and whether corneal thickness has any special effect in producing the shallow anterior chamber which is the distinguishing feature of eyes with primary angle-closure glaucoma.