PURPOSE: To report a case of progressive axial myopia associated with traumatic glaucoma in a juvenile patient with no systemic disease. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: In a 15-year-old male, serial ocular examinations, including manifest refraction, tonometry, and axial eye length measurement, were performed over a 6-year period, beginning with blunt trauma, right eye, followed by a series of surgical procedures for traumatic cataract and glaucoma. RESULTS: A 4-diopter myopic shift (from -1.25 to -5.25) with a 1.5 mm increase in the axial eye length occurred, whereas the intraocular pressure increased from 21 to 46 mm Hg, during a 2-year period. The refraction, axial eye length, and intraocular pressure remained stable during the same period in the fellow, normal eye. CONCLUSION: Progressive axial myopia associated with traumatic glaucoma is possible in a juvenile patient in his late teens.
PURPOSE: To report a case of progressive axial myopia associated with traumatic glaucoma in a juvenile patient with no systemic disease. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: In a 15-year-old male, serial ocular examinations, including manifest refraction, tonometry, and axial eye length measurement, were performed over a 6-year period, beginning with blunt trauma, right eye, followed by a series of surgical procedures for traumatic cataract and glaucoma. RESULTS: A 4-diopter myopic shift (from -1.25 to -5.25) with a 1.5 mm increase in the axial eye length occurred, whereas the intraocular pressure increased from 21 to 46 mm Hg, during a 2-year period. The refraction, axial eye length, and intraocular pressure remained stable during the same period in the fellow, normal eye. CONCLUSION: Progressive axial myopia associated with traumatic glaucoma is possible in a juvenile patient in his late teens.