Primary juvenile glaucoma

Primary juvenile glaucoma
A child with right eye buphthalmos, developed due to congenital glaucoma.
SpecialtyOphthalmology
TreatmentGoniotomy, trabeculotomy[1]

Primary juvenile glaucoma is a subtype of primary congenital glaucoma[2] that develops due to ocular hypertension and is diagnosed between three years of age and early adulthood.[3][4] It is caused due to abnormalities in the anterior chamber angle development that obstruct aqueous outflow in the absence of systemic anomalies or other ocular malformation.[5]

Juvenile glaucoma becomes clinically apparent after three years of age and before age 40, according to certain authors.[3] Infantile glaucoma presents between one month and three years, while true congenital glaucoma causes signs of increased intraocular pressure within the first month of life.[2] True congenital glaucoma, infantile glaucoma and juvenile glaucoma together constitute the primary congenital glaucomas.[2]

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  2. ^ a b c Kaur, Kirandeep; Gurnani, Bharat (11 June 2023). "Primary Congenital Glaucoma". StatPearls. Treasure Island, Florida: StatPearls Publishing. PMID 34662067. NBK574553. Retrieved 1 October 2023 – via National Libraries of Medicine.
  3. ^ a b Morisette J, Côté G, Anctil JL, Plante M, Amyot M, Héon E, Trope GE, Weissenbach J, Raymond V (1995). "A common gene for juvenile and adult-onset primary open-angle glaucomas confined on chromosome 1q". American Journal of Human Genetics. 56 (6): 1431–1442. PMC 1801110. PMID 7762566.
  4. ^ Wiggs, JL; Damji, KF; Haines, JL; Pericak-Vance, MA; Allingham, RR (Jan 1996). "The distinction between juvenile and adult-onset primary open-angle glaucoma". American Journal of Human Genetics. 58 (1): 243–4. PMC 1914955. PMID 8554064.
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