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Table 1.

Etiological entities known to produce glaucoma

Etiology	An example^a	A mechanism^a
Tumorigenic	Iris melanoma	Tumor seeding drainage angle
Traumatic	Angle recession	Direct angle contusion
Infectious	Herpes simplex	Trabeculitis
Inflammatory	Juvenile idiopathic arthritis	Scarring and inflammation in the outflow pathway
Degenerative	Primary open angle glaucoma	Multifactorial
Developmental	Congenital glaucoma	Incomplete angle development
Vascular	Neovascular glaucoma after diabetic retinopathy	Reduced outflow triggered by vascular endothelial growth factor diffusion into the anterior segment

^aThere are many examples and more than one mechanism involved in each etiological category.