The reasons for the false positive 
diagnosis of glaucoma

Jerzy Szaflik; Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska; Anna Jędruch; Iwo­na Li­be­rek­-Gra­bska

eISSN: 2719-3209
ISSN: 0023-2157

Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement

Current supplement Archive Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica

1-2/2004
vol. 106

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The reasons for the false positive diagnosis of glaucoma

Jerzy Szaflik

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,

Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska

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,

Anna Jędruch

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,

Iwona Liberek-Grabska

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Z Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki II Wydziału Lekarskiego Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie
Z Centrum Mikrochirurgii Oka „Laser” w Warszawie

KLINIKA OCZNA 2004, Supl. 1-2: S266–S268

Online publish date: 2022/12/30

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Glaucoma, if left untreated, leads to blindness, but if detected early, disease progression can be stopped or slowed with drugs or surgical treatment. The development of existing and new diagnostic methods has allowed substantial improvement in the clinical detection of possible glaucoma. But in some cases false positive diagnoses can be undertaken. In this paper we discussed reasons for the wrong evaluation of factors suggesting the diagnosis of glaucoma, with special interest for mistakes in applanation tonometry results caused by thick cornea.

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CCT (central corneal thickness), pachymetry, IOP (intraocular pressure), applanation tonometry, optic disc cupping, optic disc asymmetry, cup-to-disc ratio asymmetry, visual field loss, perymetry, ocular hypertension, glaucoma

The reasons for the false positive diagnosis of glaucoma

Jerzy Szaflik 1 , Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska 1 , Anna Jędruch 1 , Iwo­na Li­be­rek­-Gra­bska 2

CCT (central corneal thickness), pachymetry, IOP (intraocular pressure), applanation tonometry, optic disc cupping, optic disc asymmetry, cup-to-disc ratio asymmetry, visual field loss, perymetry, ocular hypertension, glaucoma

Jerzy Szaflik

¹

,

Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska

¹

,

Anna Jędruch

¹

,

Iwona Liberek-Grabska

²