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Glaucoma

Traumatic Glaucoma

Jane Loman, MD

1. A 33-year-old man presents 2 days after a bungee cord injury with relative pupillary block. Some mechanisms of injury include the following except:

  1. Phacoanaphylactic uveitis
  2. Subluxated lens
  3. Traumatic lens swelling
  4. Peripheral anterior synechiae

2. The following statements regarding late-onset glaucoma in the setting of prior trauma are true except:

  1. The incidence is less than 20%.
  2. The risk of primary open-angle glaucoma in the fellow eye is 50%.
  3. All patients with 360° of angle recession should be on aqueous suppressants.
  4. Patients with more than 180° of angle recession are at risk for developing glaucoma.