RT Book, Section
A1 Salmon, John F.
A2 Riordan-Eva, Paul
A2 Cunningham, Emmett T.
SR Print(0)
ID 55783084
T1 Chapter 11. Glaucoma
T2 Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology, 18e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163420-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55783084
RD 2024/04/19
AB Glaucoma  is  an  acquired  chronic  optic  neuropathy  characterized  by  optic  disk  cupping  and  visual  field  loss.  It  is  usually  associated  with  elevated  intraocular  pressure.  There  are  different  types  of  glaucoma  (Table  11–1),  which  helps  to  explain,  for  example,  why  one  patient  with  glaucoma  may  have  no  symptoms,  while  another  experiences  sudden  pain  and  inflammation.  In  the  majority  of  cases,  there  is  no  associated  ocular  disease  (primary  glaucoma).