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ANNALS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-GLAUCOMA, vol.27, no.5, pp.274-277, 1995 (SCI-Expanded)
In the study of 871 eyes with Eales disease, 12 eyes were found to have rubeosis iridis and neovascular glaucoma. Seven of these 12 eyes had retinal neovascularization and rubeosis iridis, 2 had disc neovascularization and open-angle neovascular glaucoma, 1 had disc neovascularization and closed-angle neovascular glaucoma, and 2 had retinitis proliferans and closed-angle neovascular glaucoma. Photocoagulation was undertaken for the underlying retinal disorder. Rubeosis iridis regressed completely or partially in all the eyes when retinal neovascularizations were completely closed. There was a partial regression of angle neovessels in eyes with open-angle neovascular glaucoma following panretinal photocoagulation. The intraocular pressure was kept less than 20 mmHg with topical antiglaucoma medication. Panretinal photocoagulation did not cause regression of the disc neovascularization and a drop in intraocular pressure in the other eye with closed-angle neovascular glaucoma and disc neovascularization. Areas between the fibrous proliferations were photocoagulated in eyes with retinitis proliferans, but laser treatment did not alter the course of either the retinal disease or neovascular glaucoma.