Abstract

Seven patients with asymmetrical open-angle glaucoma had relative afferent pupillary defects. This defect may have occurred during any stage of glaucoma, but the presence of this sign may be indicative of the earliest onset of optic nerve damage in patients with ocular hypertension. Although the presence of an afferent pupillary defect should suggest the consideration of a neurologic lesion, glaucomatous damage may be the sole explanation for this phenomenon.

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