The Corneal Endothelial Cell in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension.
- Author:
Chang Won KEE
1
;
Dong Ho YOUN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Endothelial Cells*;
Endothelium, Corneal;
Glaucoma*;
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure;
Glaucoma, Open-Angle;
Intraocular Pressure;
Ocular Hypertension*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(6):1059-1063
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
In order to assess a possible damage to the corneal endothelium by the increased intraocular pressure, we investigated the 8 eyes of angle closure glaucoma, 10 eyes of ocular hypertension, 20 eyes of primary open angle glaucoma, and 15 normal eyes as a control group. We photographed the central corneal endothelium with a non contact specular microscope and measured the central corneal thickness three times with a Haag-Streit pachymeter. As compared to the normal eyes the glaucomatous eyes and ocular hypertensive eyes showed a statistically significant decrease of central corneal endothelial cell density(p<0.005), but in central corneal thickness there was no statistically significant difference between two. There was a reverse correlation between the intraocular pressure and the central corneal endothelial cell density(p<0.05), but no correlations were seen between the intraocular pressure and the central corneal thickness and between the central corneal endothelial cell density and the central corneal thickness(p>0.1).
