G D Fivgas1, A D Beck. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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.
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.