[Genetic aspects in hypertensive uveitis]

The study of a number of 36 unilateral, nongranulomatous hypertensive acute uveitis (35 anterior and one total uveitis) emphasized in 7 cases familial history of primary glaucoma. The fellow eye of the 7 patients with unilateral hypertensive uveitis was normal in 1 case, glaucoma was suspected in 4 cases and glaucoma was demonstrated in 2 cases. The examination of 39 members (age older than 35) belonging to the families of the 7 patients with unilateral hypertensive uveitis and with familial history of primary glaucoma emphasized 13 cases of glaucoma and 5 cases suspicious of glaucoma. The topical steroid test on the eyes of the patients with unilateral hypertensive uveitis and with familial history of primary glaucoma revealed that the reaction is similar to the one presented by the patients with simple glaucoma.