chronic angle-closure glaucoma

chronic angle-closure glaucoma
the final stage of angle-closure glaucoma, in which there is an irreversible increase in intraocular pressure resulting from progressive damage to the angle structures and from permanent, at least partial closure of the anterior angle by synechiae.

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