[Diagnostic and therapeutic problems of juvenile glaucoma]

The material comprised 27 patients, aged 6-15 years, treated for juvenile glaucoma. Non-typical first symptoms, good visual acuity in the majority of the cases, the lack of anatomical changes of anterior segment of the eye and the elongation of the anatomic axis, difficulties in the evaluation of optic disc changes, especially in myopic eyes, and the lack of correlation of these changes with the results of visual field examination, little reliable in children, and also very often the normal intraocular pressure values, delay the diagnosis and make it much more difficult. The repetition of tests and the indication of the C factor make the diagnosis much easier. During the follow-up, intraocular pressure was well-controlled in 87% of the cases, 10% of them with additional optic treatment.