Frequency of glaucoma in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome

Objective: to calculate the frequency of glaucoma in patients with pseudoexfoliation. subjects and methods: thirty-eight confirmed cases of pseudoexfoliation were included in the study. tonometry,gonioscopy,ophthalmoscopy and visual field analysis was carried out to determine glaucoma. results: out of thirty-eight patients,seven (18.42%) were found to have glaucomatous changes. three (7.89%) of them had the glaucomatous damage in both eyes and four (10.53%) in one eye only. the mean age of the subject was 60.7±7.0 years (range 42-75 years). conclusion: there is marked increase in frequency/risk of developing glaucoma in pseudoexfoliation patients.