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Abstract
Acute closed-angle glaucoma is an ophthalnolo^ical emergency long known as a painful cause of blindnass. Progressive loss of visual field by infarction of nerve fibre bundles of the disc con¬tinues as Ions as the intra-ocular pressure remains hir;h and its lowering to physiological levels is a matter of urgency.
This form of glaucoma occurs typically in persons usually women in the fifth or sixth decade, it may however occur earlier or later.
The type of eye affected is characteristic, it is usually hyper-Metropict the anterior chamber is shallow with the lens-iris diaphrarja far forward and its angle is narrow.
The clinical picture of acute angle closure glaucoma is a typical and is eventually bilateral in 16.98 percent.