Disease or Syndrome
angle closure glaucoma
[ ang-guhl kloh-zher glaw-koh-muh, glou- ]
Subclass of:
Glaucoma
Also called:
Closed-Angle Glaucoma
Definitions related to angle closure glaucoma:
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(narrow angle glaucoma) A type of glaucomatous optic neuropathy occuring in the presence of a narrow anterior chamber angle.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(closed angle glaucoma) Optic nerve damage secondary to appositional closure of the angle of the eye.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A type of glaucomatous optic neuropathy in an eye that has evidence of angle closure (i.e. significant iridotrabecular contact).Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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The sudden increase of intraocular pressure, resulting in pain and an abrupt decrease in visual acuity.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(glaucoma, angle-closure) A form of glaucoma in which the intraocular pressure increases because the angle of the anterior chamber is blocked and the aqueous humor cannot drain from the anterior chamber.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Angle-closure glaucoma is glaucoma associated with a physically obstructed anterior chamber angle, which may be chronic or, rarely, acute. Symptoms of acute angle closure are severe ocular pain and redness, decreased vision, colored halos around lights, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Intraocular pressure (IOP) is elevated. Immediate...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is a group of diseases in which there is reversible (appositional) or adhesional (synechial) closure of the anterior-chamber angle resulting in elevation of the intraocular pressure (IOP). The angle closure may occur in an acute or chronic form. In the acute form, the IOP rises rapidly as a result of...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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