[Overdiagnosis in glaucoma--a real problem?]

Oftalmologia. 2008;52(3):81-6.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

Purpose: To reassess the diagnosis in a group of patients with diagnosis and treatment for open-angle glaucoma.

Method: Group of 100 patients with diagnosis and treatment for open-angle glaucoma, sent in our clinic for automated perimetry. We assess: intraocular pressure, automated perimetry, the head of optic disc; sometimes we stopped the treatment and reassess the intraocular pressure; sometimes pahimetry. We confirm or not the diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma.

Results: In 41 patients the diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma was not real.

Conclusions: The diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma is made often without clear medical evidences.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / diagnosis*
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / pathology
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Ophthalmoscopy
  • Optic Disk / pathology
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tonometry, Ocular / methods
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Field Tests / methods
  • Visual Fields