Pathophysiogenesis and management of rare diseases causing childhood glaucoma: Research advances / 国际药学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

A wide range of rare eye diseases can be summarized into two categories, namely, the primary rare eye diseases and rare syndrome with ocular manifestations. Among rare eye diseases, childhood glaucoma is more common, which has caused about 8% of blindness in the pediatric population. Childhood glaucoma associated with rare diseases is classified in primary and secondary glaucoma. The secondary glaucoma is divided as glaucoma arising in neural crest anomalies, phakomatoses, metabolic diseases, mitotic disorders, congenital and/or acquired conditions. Medicine and surgery are two major managements of childhood glaucoma. This paper reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiogenesis, and management of childhood glaucoma.