Incidence and prevalence of glaucoma in severe ocular surface disease.

Purpose: To describe the incidence and prevalence of glaucoma in a patient population with severe ocular surface disease (OSD).

Methods: A retrospective case series was compiled from all charts of patients in the Cincinnati Eye Institute/University of Cincinnati and University of Minnesota population with a diagnosis of severe OSD from 1991 to 2003. The incidence and prevalence of glaucoma in the overall patient population were identified, and stratified into disease subgroups.

A progressive anterior fibrosis syndrome in patients with postsurgical congenital aniridia.

Purpose: To report the characteristics of a newly recognized clinical entity in congenital aniridia that we have termed aniridic fibrosis syndrome.

Design: Interventional case series.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 155 eyes in 80 patients with congenital aniridia was carried out to identify and characterize eyes that had anterior chamber fibrosis.