[Acute angle closure and angle closure glaucoma: Phacoemulsification as first-line treatment].

Abstract

Angle closure glaucoma is characterized by an optic neuropathy with a glaucomatous visual field defect with a white painless eye and mimics primary open-angle glaucoma. Acute angle closure attack is more symptomatic, with a red painful eye and elevated intraocular pressure. In both cases, iridocorneal angle closure is due to an increase in the thickness of the natural lens, which with age has a tendency to close a narrow angle. The rational approach to treating these situations is lens extraction. With today's improved lens extraction techniques, this surgical treatment should be proposed more frequently.

• Authors: Y Lachkar
• Journal: Journal francais d'ophtalmologie (J Fr Ophtalmol) Vol. 33 Issue 4 Pg. 273-8 (Apr 2010) ISSN: 1773-0597 [Electronic] France
• Vernacular Title: Glaucome et crise aiguë par fermeture de l'angle : phakoémulsification en première intention.
• PMID: 20347182 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Cornea (pathology)
• Glaucoma, Angle-Closure (surgery)
• Humans
• Intraocular Pressure (physiology)
• Iris (pathology)
• Lens, Crystalline (pathology)
• Optic Nerve (pathology)
• Phacoemulsification (methods)