MYDRIATIC GLAUCOMA
- 1 December 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 10 (6) , 757-762
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1933.00830070039004
Abstract
In reviewing the literature on acute glaucoma, particularly in reference to cases following the use of mydriatics, one cannot but be impressed by the few references to mydriatic glaucoma. The term "mydriatic glaucoma," which I believe to be well chosen, was first used by A. Heyl,1in 1882, and again by H. Gifford2in 1916. I have been unable to find that any other author used either this term or the similar one of "homatropine glaucoma" or "atropine glaucoma." The rarity of case reports suggests that such cases are to be expected as a natural result of the use of mydriatics and therefore remain unreported or that the fear of this form of glaucoma is greater than the rarity of its occurrence justifies. The term "mydriatic glaucoma" is used here to designate acute glaucoma produced after the use of mydriatics in patients previously free from clinical signsKeywords
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