Skip to main content
Archives of Disease in Childhood logoLink to Archives of Disease in Childhood
. 1988 Sep;63(9):1091–1093. doi: 10.1136/adc.63.9.1091

Glaucoma as an early complication of Hurler's disease.

M J Nowaczyk 1, J T Clarke 1, J D Morin 1
PMCID: PMC1779115  PMID: 3140740

Abstract

We report three cases of Hurler's disease in which glaucoma developed in early childhood. We draw attention to the fact that glaucoma may be a commonly unrecognised early complication of this condition.

Full text

PDF
1091

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Muenzer J. Mucopolysaccharidoses. Adv Pediatr. 1986;33:269–302. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Peterson W. S., Jocson V. L. Hyaluronidase effects on aqueous outflow resistance. Quantitative and localizing studies in the rhesus monkey eye. Am J Ophthalmol. 1974 Apr;77(4):573–577. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(74)90473-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Quigley H. A., Maumenee A. E., Stark W. J. Acute glaucoma in systemic mucopolysaccharidosis I-S. Am J Ophthalmol. 1975 Jul;80(1):70–72. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90871-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Spellacy E., Bankes J. L., Crow J., Dourmashkin R., Shah D., Watts R. W. Glaucoma in a case of Hurler disease. Br J Ophthalmol. 1980 Oct;64(10):773–778. doi: 10.1136/bjo.64.10.773. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Tripathi R. C., Ashton N. Application of electron microscopy to the study of ocular inborn errors of metabolism. Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1976;12(3):69–104. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Tripathi R. C. Mechanism of the aqueous outflow across the trabecular wall of Schlemm's canal. Exp Eye Res. 1971 Jan;11(1):116–121. doi: 10.1016/s0014-4835(71)80073-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Archives of Disease in Childhood are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES