MISTAKES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PRIMARY ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA: CASE REPORT

Vesna Maric, Vujica Markovic, Marija Bozic, Ivan Marjanovic

Abstract


Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a leading cause of blindness globally. It is a condition that is responsible for nearly half of patients who have a bilateral blindness caused by glaucoma. PACG is highly prevalent in Asian countries, as compared with Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), which is reported as the predominant disease among Whites, but prevalence of PACG in Europe has been underestimated previously. Early detection by effective screening and appropriate prophylaxis and treatment may prevent blindness from angle-closure glaucoma. The purpose of this study was to present through the cases of 3 patients with  PACG the importance of each phase of glaucoma: diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.


Keywords


Primary angle-closure glaucoma; blindness; YAG laser iridotomy; prophylaxis; risk factors

Full Text:

PDF

References


He M, Foster PJ, Ge J et al. Prevalence and clinical characteistics of glaucoma n adult Chinese a population-based study in Liwan District, Guangzhou. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.2006;47(7):2782-8.

Casson RJ, Newland HS, Muecke J, et al. Prevalence of glaucoma in rural Myanmnar:the Meiktila Eye Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007;91(6):710-4.

European Glaucoma Society. Terminology and guidelines for glaucoma, 4rd ed. Savona, Italy: Editrice DOGMA S.r.l.; 2014.p100-10.

Bonomi L, Marchini G, Marraffa M et al. Epidemiology of angle-closure glaucoma: prevalence, clinical types and association with peripheral anterior chamber depth in Egna-neumarkt glaucoma study. Ophthalmology. 2000;107(5):998-1003.

Sng CC, See JS, Ngo CS, et al. Changes in retinal nerve fibre layer, optic nerve head morphology, and visual field after acute primary angle closure. Eye (Lond). 2011;25(5):619–25.

Quigley HA, Broman AT. The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006;90(3):262-7.

Quigley HA. Glaucoma. Lancet. 2011;377(9774):1367-77.

Foster PJ.The epidemiology of primary angle closure and associated glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Semin Ophthalmol. 2002;17(2):50-8.

Ng WS, Ang GS, Azuara-Blanco A. Laser peripheral iridoplasty for angle-closure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;2:CD006746.

Resnikoff S, Pascolini D, Etya’ale D, et al. Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002. Bull World Health Organ. 2004;82(11):844-51.

Barkana Y, Dekel I, Goldich Y, Morad Y, Avni I, Zadok D. Angle closure in Caucasians-a pilot, general ophthalmology clinic-based study. J Glaucoma. 2012;21(5):337-41.

Caprioli J, Gaasterland DE, Gross RL, Jampel H, Kolker AE, Lamping KA et al. Primary Angle-closure. Preferred Practice Patterns. San Francisco: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2000.

Marchini G, Chemello F, Berzaghi D, Zampieri A. New findings in the diagnosis and treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma. Prog Brain Res. 2015;221:191-212.

He M, Huang W, Zheng Y, Asbirk PH, Foster PJ. Anterior chambre depth in elderly Chinese. The Liwan Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 2008;115(8):1286-90.

Senthil S, Garudadri C, Khanna RC, Sannapaneni K. Angle closure in the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology. 2010;117(9):1729-35.

Lackar Y, Bouassida W. Drug-induced acute angle closure glaucoma. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2007;18(2):129-33.

Moghimi S, Ramezani F, He M, Coleman AL, Lin SC. Comparison of Anterior Segment-Optical Coherence Tomography Parameters in Phacomorphic Angle Closureand Acute Angle Closure Eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015;56(13):7611-7.

Lee JR, Sung KR, Han S. Comparison of anterior segment parameters between the acute primary angle closure eye and the fellow eye. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014;55(6):3646-50.

Huang P, Wu LL. Evaluation of the efficacy of laser peripheral iridoplasty in reversing the darkroom provocative test result in Chinese patients with primary angle closure status post laser iridotomy.Int J Ophthalmol. 2015;8(3):580-4.

Lee JR, Choi JY, Kim YD, Choi J. Laser peripheral iridotomy with iridoplasty in primary angle closure suspect: anterior chamber analysis by pentacam. Korean J Ophthalmol. 2011;25(4):252-6.

Tham CC, Kwong YY, Baig N, Leung DY, Li FC, Lam DS. Phacoemulsification versus trabeculectomy in medically uncontrolled chronic angle-closure glaucoma without cataract. Ophthalmology. 2013;120(1):62-7.

Moghimi S, Lin S. Role of phacoemulsification in angle closure glaucoma. Eye Sci. 2011;26(3):121-31.

Emanuel ME, Parrish RK 2nd, Gedde SJ. Evidence-based management of primary angle closure glaucoma.Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2014;25(2):89-92.

Ang LP, Ang LP. Current understanding of the treatment and outcome of acute primary angle-closure glaucoma: an Asian perspective. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2008;37(3):210-5.

Ang LP, Aung T, Chew PT. Acute primary angle closure in an Asian population: long-term outcome of the fellow eye after prophylactic laser peripheral iridotomy. Ophthalmology. 2000;107(11):2092-6.

Kontić Đ. Primarni glaukom sa zatvorenim uglom: Golubović S. Jovanović M. Oftalmologija - udžbenik za studente medicine. Drugo izdanje. CIBID, Beograd 2015; 181-4.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24125/sanamed.v11i2.93

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2016 SANAMED

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.