Early signs of the glaucomatous disc.

Abstract

In a survey of new glaucoma clinic patients over 40 years of age, which was carried out in I968 and was based on the appearance of the optic disc (Primrose, 1969), it early became clear to me that the peripapillary halo or ring, commonly considered to be more a senile than a glaucomatous condition, was in fact more than twice as likely to be associated with chronic simple glaucoma as not (Table) and that it occurred at an early stage of the disease. Table Glaucoma simplex and peripapillary atrophy New attendances in I968 3,072 Cases selected for analysis on basis ofappearance ofdisc 69 r Typical halo glaucomatosus 28) Glaucoma Some juxtapapillary atrophy 21f 52 Cupping without juxtapapillary signs 3 rGlaucoma 281 Peripapillary halo No glaucoma 0 43 Glaucoma suspects 5