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Abstract #11457 Published in IGR 6-3

Relationship between retinal lattice degeneration and open angle glaucoma

Rahimi M
Medical Hypotheses 2005; 64: 86-87


Patients with retinal disorders may develop glaucoma of both a primary and secondary type. Pigment may contribute to trabecular obstruction in some patients with open-angle glaucoma. Lattice degeneration of the retina in its typical form is a sharply demarcated, circumferentially oriented, degenerative process with significant alterations of retinal pigmentation. The association between myopia, open angle glaucoma and pigment dispersion is striking. Therefore, it could be postulated that there is significant prevalence of open angle glaucoma in patients with retinal lattice degeneration, especially in combination with myopia.

Dr. M. Rahimi, Department of Ophthalmology, Khalili Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. mrahimimd@hotmail.com


Classification:

9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)



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