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Subacute Angle‐Closure Glaucoma as a Cause of Headache in the Presence of a White Eye
Author(s) -
Lewis Jacqueline,
Fourman Stuart
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1998.3809684.x
Subject(s) - gonioscopy , medicine , glaucoma , ophthalmology , iris (biosensor) , angle closure glaucoma , computer security , computer science , biometrics
Three patients, initially diagnosed with headache syndromes, were subsequently found to have subacute angle‐closure glaucoma. In each case, the eye appeared grossly normal and there were no visual symptoms.A comprehensive ophthalmologic examination, including gonioscopy, confirmed the diagnosis. Laser iridotomy was curative with complete resolution of head and face pain. Subacute angle‐closure glaucoma is an exception to the maxim that a white eye is not the cause of a painful eye.