Incidence of glaucoma capsulare in 100 consecutive patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome

ABSTRACT

Purpose The aims of this prospective study were to determine the incidence of glaucoma in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and to compare the age and sex distribution in unilateral and bilateral cases. Methods One hundred consecutive patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome detected during routine examination were studied. Patients with a known history of glaucoma as well as patients with uveitis or history of ocular trauma were excluded from the study. All patients underwent complete ophthalmic examination including applanation tonometry, gonioscopy and ophthalmoscopy. Results Of the 100 patients [51 males and 49 females] found to have pseudoexfoliation syndrome 26 [13 males and 13 females] had unilateral involvement and 74 [38 males and 36 females] had bilateral involvement. A total of 174 eyes were found to have pseudoexfoliation syndrome; 73.4% had normal intraoccular pressure, 2.2% had ocular hypertension [intraoccular pressure greater than 22 mm Hg but no cupping or field loss] and 24.4% had glaucoma. Conclusion This study found the incidence of glaucoma capsulare in the 100 consecutive patients [174 eyes] to be 24.1% Males with glaucoma outnumbered females at 36% versus 11.8%. The bilateral cases occurred in the older age group and shoowed a higher perrcentage of glaucoma than in unilateral cases but there was no statistical significance found