SCLERODERMA EN COUP DE SABRE WITH HOMOLATERAL CHRONIC GLAUCOMA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 104  (5) , 381-386
Abstract
A 37 yr old woman presented with scleroderma of the head with chronic homolateral ocular hypertonia. Skin disorders appeared in childhood and extended slowly until the age of 20. Glaucoma was unimproved by medical treatment. Goniotomy was uneffective. A trabeculectomy was followed by scleral fistula with important ocular hypotonia. A scleral flap was followed by the disappearance of hypotonia with no return to previous hypertonia. The connections between scleroderma and glaucoma were discussed: vascular and neurologic mechanisms were suggested. Until now, glaucoma has been reported in patients with systemic scleroderma and Romberg''s disease.

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