J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2001 Oct;42(10):1415-1420.

Influence of Acute or Subacute Attack on Peripapillary Atrophy in Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma

• Kim SJ
• Uhm KB
• Hong C

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine whether acute or subacute attack influences the peripapillary atrophy in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG).
METHODS
Thirty-three eyes with PACG that had an acute or subacute attack (symptomatic PACG group) and 30 eyes with chronic PACG that had no attack (asymptomatic chronic PACG group) were studied. The rim/disc area ratio were matched in both groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the age, sex, refractive error, optic disc area, and visual field mean deviation between the two groups.
RESULTS
Nineteen of 33 eyes (57.6%) with symptomatic PACG group and 20 of 30 eyes (66.7%) with asymptomatic chronic PACG group had zone beta. The mean zone beta/disc area ratio was 0.31 in symptomatic PACG group and was 0.52 in asymptomatic chronic PACG group. There were no statistically significant differences regarding the prevalence of zone beta (P=0.63) and the zone beta/disc area ratio (P=0.09) between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that the peripapillary atrophy in PACG is almost independent of acute or subacute attack.

Keyword

Attack; Peripapillary atrophy; Primary angle-closure glaucoma

MeSH Terms

Atrophy*
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure*
Humans
Prevalence
Refractive Errors
Visual Fields