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Abstract #6120 Published in IGR 2-2

Corneal endothelial cell damage in primary angle-closure glaucoma

Ikeda M; Sugita M; Saito H; Sakuma H; Sekimoto A; Tanahashl R; Ohno S
Japanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology 2000; 54: 1081-1084

The authors evaluated the corneal endothelial cell density in primary angle-closure glaucoma in 46 eyes of 28 patients. History of acute attacks of glaucoma was present in 25 eyes and absent in 21 eyes. All the eyes had been treated by argon laser iridotomy more than six months earlier. The endothelial cell population averaged 2153 ± 767 mm³ in eyes with attacks and 2821 ± 409 mm in eyes without. The difference was significant (p < 0.006). The endothelial cell population was independent of age, depth of anterior chamber, or power output of laser iridotomy both in eyes with acute attacks and in those without. The findings show that the observed decrease in corneal endothelial cell population may be the consequence of acute glaucoma attack or attacks. LA: Japanese

Dr. M. Ikeda, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medcine, 3-9 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi 236-0004, Japan

Classification:

9.3.1 Acute primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)

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