Clinical-and-functional and immunological characteristics of secondary uveal glaucoma suffered by children and adolescents

Abstract

We have examined 53 patients, from 6 to 19 years old, suffering from secondary uveal glaucoma. The ophthalmological, immunological and general clinical examination has revealed some peculiarities: different degrees of intensity of glaucoma symptoms, systemic and local humoral disimmunity in the form of immunodeficiency, susceptibility to infection, heavy clinical course of glaucoma, complications during the postoperative period.