Index 113

INDEX

Acute glaucoma 1, 96 Acute PAC, treatment 96

principles of treatment 95 terminology 1

Acute/subacute PAC, mixed group 87 plateau iris 77

pupil block 59

Angle coloboma 26, 29, 39 Argon laser iridoplasty 102

complications 105 evaluation 80

indications, contraindications 103, 104 technique 104

Axenfeld’s anomaly 40, 42

Axial chamber depth measurement (ACD) 11 sources of error 16

plauteau iris 12 pupil block 12

Blood vessels in chamber angle, normal 40 pathological 43

Chamber angle, definitions 25 classification 25

normal anatomy 32

Scheie’s classification system 26 Chronic PAC, mixed group 87

plateau iris 78 pupilblock 61

Ciliary body 37

Corneal thickness (CT) 8

Corneoscleral trabecular meshwork 27 (fig. 9), 39 Dark-room test – prone position 45

Detection of PAC 7

Diagnostic procedures with PAC 11 Embryotoxon posterior 40 Fistulating operation 105

complications 106 indication 106 post-operative treatment 107

Glaucoma with PAC, definition 1, 50 Goldmann’s gonioscopy lens 23 Gonioscopy 16

terminology 28 (fig. 10) Gonioscopy methods with PAC 25

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Gonioscopy methodology with PAC, standardised 29 Imminent PAC, mixed group 86

plateau iris 76 pupil block 59 terminology 1

Indentation gonioscopy 18, 21 (fig. 7) Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome (ICE) 43 Iris contour 23, 33, 35 (fig. 14)

Iris knee 27 (fig. 9), 34, 72 (fig. 23), 105 Iris processes 36, 38 (fig. 15)

Latent PAC glaucoma, mixed group 89 plateau iris 78

pupilblock 62 terminology 1, 50

Limbal chamber depth measurement (LCD) 7 Manifest PAC glaucoma, mixed group 89

plateau iris 80 pupilblock 64 terminology 1, 50

Narrow angle, definition 26

Narrow occludable angle, definition 27 Narrow appositional-closed angle, definition 27 Narrow synechiae-closed angle, definition 28 Neovascularisation in the chamber angle 43 Open angle, definition 26

PAC with plateau iris 50, 51, 70, 71 (fig. 22) case histories 77 (3), 79 (4), 81 (5) detection, diagnosis 73

pathophysiology 71

subclassification and specific treatment 52 (fig. 19), 75 (fig. 24) PAC with pupil block 50, 55, 56 (fig. 20)

case histories 63 (1), 66 (2) detection and diagnosis 57 pathophysiology 55

subclassification and specific treatment 52 (fig. 19), 58, 59 (fig. 21) PAC main and subclassification 52 (fig. 19)

PAC main classification 49, 50, 51 (fig. 18) PAC subclassification 51, 52 (fig. 19)

PAC mixed group, case histories 88 (6), 90 (7), 92 (8) detection, diagnosis 84

pathophysiology 84

pupil block and plateau iris 50, 84

subclassification, specific treatment 52 (fig. 19), 85 (fig. 25) Pachymetry, optical 13, 15 (fig. 4)

ultrasound and laser 14, 15

Peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) 38 (fig. 25), 41, 72 (fig. 23) Pigmentation of the chamber angle, abnormal 44

normal 39

Index 115

Plateau iris with PAC 70

Posner’s indentation goniolens 18, 20 (fig. 6), 22 (fig. 8) Prevalence PAC Glaucoma 5

Preventative treatment of PAC 2 Primary angle-closure (PAC) 1

definition 50

Primary position at gonioscopy 21, 30 Provocation test 45

Pupil block with PAC 55 Rieger’s syndrome 40, 42

Sampoaolesis line 27 (fig. 9), 39, 41 (fig. 16) Schlemm’s canal 37, 38 (fig. 15) Schwalbe’s line 39, 72 (fig. 23)

Scleral spur 27 (fig. 9), 38 Scleral limbal staphyloma 10 Secondary angle-closure (SAC) 12

Specific treatment of PAC, definition 3, 53 Suspect PAC, mixed group 85

plateau iris 76 pupil block 58

Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) 46 Uveal meshwork 36

Van Herick 7

YAG-laser iridotomy 100, 102 (fig. 26) complications 102

evaluation 67

indications, contraindications 100 size 69

techniques 101