[The characteristic interrelationships of the anterior chamber angle in myopia]

Comprehensive ophthalmologic examinations of the anterior chamber angle were carried out in 130 patients (259 eyes) aged 16 to 39 (mean age 22.9 +/- 0.55 years) with myopia of 0.5 to 13.6 diopters. Study of the pattern of gonioscopic signs distribution has shown that the most characteristic factor related to myopia development and progress is the presence of goniodysgenesis signs, namely, expressed development of ligamentum pectinatum iridis, marked anterior position of Schlemm's canal combined with a wide anterior chamber corner, and pigmentation of anterior chamber corner. Analysis of gonioscopic signs, their mutual influences and relationships with other anatomicofunctional parameters will help assess the role of these signs in the development of complicated myopia, prediction of myopia course, and differential diagnosis of its pathogenetic forms.