Developmental Abnormalities of the Anterior Chamber Angle Causing Glaucoma: Classification Based on Mechanisms of Outflow Obstruction*
Mechanism | Disorders |
|---|---|
High insertion of peripheral iris | Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome Peters anomaly |
Incomplete development of trabecular meshwork or the Schlemm canal | Congenital (infantile) glaucoma Glaucomas associated with other developmental abnormalities (eg, aniridia with congenital onset of glaucoma) |
Fine strands that contract to close angle | Aniridia (juvenile onset of glaucoma) |
* Clinical examples cited; not an inclusive list of the glaucomas. | |
Adapted from Ritch R, Shields MB, Krupin T: The Glaucomas, ed. 2. St. Louis, Mosby, 1996, p. 720; with permission. | |
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