Glaucome congénital sans mégalocornée; étude clinique.

A description is given of a rare form of congenital glaucoma, characterised by persistence of the mesodermal tissue in the iridocorneal angle and the lack of megalocornea. This glaucoma is inherited. The increase in pressure occurs slowly towards the twentieth to thirtieth year. Gonioscopy and the study of this familiar case suggest that the slow increase in resistance depends on an accumulation of pigment from the mesoderma tissue in the excretory opening. Iridencleisis is the mode of treatment to be chosen. © 1957 S. Karger AG, Basel.