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2817048

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
We studied 48 patients who had glaucomalike disks with increased cupping and pallor, superior or inferior extension of cupping and pallor and asymmetry of cupping and pallor between eyes without increased intraocular pressure or visual field loss, and open angles. We compared these patients with a randomly selected group of 48 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. The mean age of the patients with glaucomalike disks (45.1 +/- 16.1 years) was significantly younger than the group with open-angle glaucoma (63.8 +/- 11.3 years). Of the patients with glaucomalike disks, 11 (23%) had a family history of glaucoma, 75% of 22 eyes with optic disk fluorescein angiograms had abnormal readings, and 59% of 43 eyes with retinal nerve fiber layer defects had abnormal readings. Photogrammetric measurements of the left disk cups were compared in 22 of the patients with glaucomalike disks to 16 matched patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. The only statistically significant difference was that the patients in the glaucoma group showed a larger cup area (surface opening) of the inferior quadrant. Our findings suggest that some glaucomalike disks may be one variant of primary open-angle glaucoma.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9394
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
496-504
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Glaucomalike disks without increased intraocular pressure or visual field loss.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't