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Angle-closure glaucoma in a 10-year-old girl
1Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|August 1, 1997
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a case of angle-closure glaucoma in a 10-year-old girl with ocular albinism.
Methods:
Case report. A 10-year-old girl with autosomal recessive ocular albinism was examined and treated for subacute angle-closure glaucoma of the right eye.
Result:
The patient was successfully treated with Nd:YAG laser iridotomy of the right eye.
Conclusions:
Angle-closure glaucoma may rarely occur in young or adolescent children. Gonioscopy of children with shallow anterior chambers is recommended.