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FOLLOW‐UP OF INITIALLY NONGLAUCOMATOUS PATIENTS WITH FIBRILLOPATHIA EPITHELIOCAPSULARIS (SO‐CALLED SENILE EXFOLIATION OF THE ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE)
Author(s) -
ODLAND MAGNUS,
AASVED HENRY
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1973.tb02558.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , lens capsule , medicine , senile cataract , ophthalmology , open angle glaucoma , optometry
It is well‐known that patients with fibrillopathy (so‐called senile exfoliation) relatively often have open‐angle glaucoma. The frequency appears to be about 25% (Aasved 1971). It is equally certain, however, that many of these patients do not suffer from glaucoma. It is nevertheless generally considered that patients with fibrillopathy should be examined at regular intervals, due to the risk of subsequent development of glaucoma. There are, however, a few earlier studies which indicate that this risk may not be very great (Klouman 1967, Hansen & Sellevold 1970, Aasved 1971). This is a problem of practical clinical significance. The present study presents a follow‐up of initially non‐glaucomatous patients with fibrillopathy registered at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bergen, since it opened in 1961.