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Abstract #15463 Published in IGR 1-3
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome in Ethiopian glaucoma patients
Bedri A; Alemu BEast African Medical Journal 1999; 76: 278-280
BACKGROUND: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) has variable prevalence rates in the glaucoma population, depending on geographic location and racial composition of the population studied. There are no data available on this subject in Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of PXS among Ethiopian glaucoma clinic population. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: The Glaucoma Clinic of Menelik-II- Hospital, which is a tertiary eye care centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PARTICIPANTS: All new patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension (ocular HPN) seen during the study period from 1st April to 30th September, 1996, were included in the study. RESULTS: Of the 432 new patients with glaucoma or ocular HPN seen during the study, 108 (25%) had PXS. The age of PXS cases ranged from 32-86 years (mean, 62.3 years). There were 80 males and 28 females. Of the PXS patients, 104 (96.3%) were cases of chronic open-angle glaucoma, while angle-closure glaucoma and ocular HPN were rare, comprising only two patients (1.85%) each. CONCLUSION: The relatively high prevalence rate of PXS among Ethiopian glaucoma clinic population found in this study stresses the need for further community-based research in order to prevent blindness due to glaucoma associated with PXS.
Dr. A. Bedri, PO Box 18284, Addis Ababa; Ethiopia
Classification:
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)
