Open AccessTrumpet tension
Author(s) -
Fleur O’Hare,
Anitra Turner,
Jonathan G. Crowston,
Daniela Ehrlich
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1301
Subject(s) - medicine , intraocular pressure , ophthalmology , glaucoma , normal tension glaucoma , optometry , open angle glaucoma
The case of a 78-year-old man with progressive glaucoma despite seemingly adequate control of his intraocular eye pressure is presented. On further questioning he was discovered to have played the trumpet for up to 4 h per day for 60 years. Significant increases in intraocular pressure were subsequently recorded during trumpet playing.
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