[The optic disk in Togolese patients with glaucoma].

Background: We conducted this retrospective study to analyze the main characteristics of the disc cuppings in patients diagnosed with chronic open angle glaucoma.

Methods: Data of 489 patients seen in our department and presenting chronic open angle glaucoma were collected. All these patients entered our glaucoma criteria and had disc cupping examination by color stereophotography during the follow up period of 36 months.

[Young glaucomatous patients in the Togo population].

Glaucoma in Blacks presents different epidemiological aspects from those classically described in Whites. For example, the prevalences are higher in Blacks than with Whites. This study concerning young togolese with chronic open angle glaucoma noted that 66.