Clinical characteristics and results of laser peripheral iridotomy of pigment dispersion syndrome
Abstract
Aims: To report the clinical findings, characteristics and the results of peripheral laser iridotomy in pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) patients.
Methods: Medical records of 30 patients who had been diagnosed with PDS were evaluated retrospectively at Glaucoma Department of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine at Istanbul University.
Results: Sixty eyes of these 30 patients enrolled in the study. 18 of them (60%) were male and 12 (40%) were female with mean age of 42.4 ±12.3 years (range: 22 to 73 years). Forty-six eyes of the 23 patients had myopia, 12 eyes of 6 patients had hyperopia, 2 eyes of 1 patient had emmetropia. All patients except 2 eyes of the 1 patient had (96.6%) Krukenberg spindles. Homogeneous trabecular meshwork(TM) pigmentation was seen in all patients. Thirty-two eyes of 17 patients (53.3 %) had iris transillumination defects. Neodymium:yttrium–aluminum–garnet (Nd:YAG) peripheral laser iridotomy was performed in 44 eyes of 60 eyes (73.3%).
Conclusion: The most common clinical findings in Turkish PDS patients were Krukenberg spindles and homogeneous TM pigmentation. If PDS hasn’t advanced in pigmentary ocular hypertension or pigmentary glaucoma, progression can be stabilized by laser iridotomy and medical treatment.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Şerife Bayraktar
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
Türkiye
Selver Selen Çağman
This is me
Türkiye
Belgin İzgi
Türkiye
Gülhan Örekici Temel
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 10, 2017
Submission Date
October 1, 2017
Acceptance Date
December 9, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 1 Number: 3