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Abstract #55373 Published in IGR 15-4
Bilateral Juvenile Onset Primary Open-angle Glaucoma Among Keratoconus Patients
Goel S; Ganger A; Gupta VJournal of Glaucoma 2015; 24: e25-e27
PURPOSE: To report the occurrence of juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG) in patients with keratoconus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this observational case series we report 6 eyes of 3 patients with keratoconus who had concomitant JOAG. Corneal topography, intraocular pressure, gonioscopic, and fundus findings were recorded for all the eyes. RESULTS: All 3 patients presented with corneal ectasia, high intraocular pressure, and advanced glaucomatous damage and had no family history of glaucoma or keratoconus. Two of the 3 patients needed collagen cross-linking with riboflavin for progression of keratoconus and trabeculectomy for control of intraocular pressure. One of the patients also underwent a lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first case series pointing toward a possible association of JOAG with keratoconus and highlights the importance of a thorough workup of glaucoma in patients with keratoconus.
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Classification:
9.1.2 Juvenile glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
