小眼球による緑内障の2例

2 cases of angle-closure glaucoma caused by Microphthalmus

　緑内障の原因或は誘因と考えられるものの一つに小眼球が挙げられる。眼球と水晶体の大きさの不均衡によつて房水の流通障害を起し，眼圧亢進を来すと考えられて居る。今回明らかに小眼球による緑内障と思われる二例を経験したので報告する。

Case 1. A 52 year old woman of mean stature (136 cm). had an acute attack of gla-ucoma in left eye.

V.D.: 0.1 (0.2×+7.0D.) V.S.: 0.1 (0.3×+8.0D.)

Ocular tension: right eye=5.0/5.5g.

left eye= 3.0/1.0g. (scale reading)

Facility of out-flow: right eye=0.43 left eye=0.28

Radius of curvature of cornea: right eye vertical=6.2mm. horizontal=6mm. left eye vertical=6mm. horizontal=6mm.

Fundi:no noticeable changes. Visual field: of both eyes: normal. Gonioscopic examina-tion of both eyes: very narrow. Schwalbe's line invisible.

Case 2. A 29 year old woman with unila-teral microcornea. Pilocarpin has been insti-lled for 7 years.