Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Glaucoma

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Glaucoma includes:

• Eye surgery
• Advanced cataracts
• Eye injury
• Eye tumors
• Uveitis (eye inflammation) (see Eye symptoms)
• Diabetes
• Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome
• Melanoma of the iris - glaucoma
• Rubella virus antenatal infection - glaucoma
• PHACE association - glaucoma
• Orbital lymphangioma - glaucoma
• Chitayat-Moore-Del Bigio syndrome - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2 - glaucoma
• Prednisolone
• Lowe syndrome
• Glaucoma, chronic simple
• Hyphema
• Topiramate
• Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma syndrome
• Aging - glaucoma
• Spastic paresis - glaucoma - mental retardation - glaucoma
• Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant - glaucoma
• Muscle-eye-brain syndrome - glaucoma
• MOMO syndrome - glaucoma
• Chromosome 6q duplication syndrome - glaucoma
• Chromosome 13p duplication - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3 - glaucoma
• Levomepromazine
• Rieger syndrome
• Sturge-Weber syndrome - Glaucoma
• Seckel-like syndrome, Majoor-Krakauer type - glaucoma
• Imaizumi Kuroki syndrome - glaucoma
• Ichthyosis and male hypogonadism - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4 - glaucoma
• Adams Nance syndrome - glaucoma
• Pipothiazine
• Melanoma of the ciliary body - glaucoma
• Marfan syndrome - glaucoma
• Wagner-Stickler Syndrome - glaucoma
• Spherophakia brachymorphia syndrome - glaucoma
• Silverman-Handmaker syndrome - glaucoma
• Lobstein disease - glaucoma
• Krause syndrome - glaucoma
• Glaucoma - iridogoniodysgenesia - glaucoma
• Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma - glaucoma
• Chandler's syndrome - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5 - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10 - glaucoma
• Anaesthesia complications - Glaucoma
• Adrenoleukodystrophy, autosomal, neonatal form - glaucoma
• Tropicamide
• Cataracts - glaucoma
• Aphakia - glaucoma
• Microcornea - glaucoma - absent frontal sinuses - glaucoma
• Essential iris atrophy - glaucoma
• Cataract-glaucoma - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6 - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11 - glaucoma
• 18p minus syndrome - glaucoma
• Acute angle-closure glaucoma
• Perazine
• Cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency
• WAGR Syndrome - glaucoma
• Oculocutaneous tyrosinemia - glaucoma
• Mucopolysaccharidoses - glaucoma
• Muckle-Wells syndrome - glaucoma
• Homocystinuria - glaucoma
• GEMSS syndrome - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7 - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12 - glaucoma
• Aniridia - absent patella - glaucoma
• Pizotifen
• Intraocular melanoma - glaucoma
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome - glaucoma
• Thong-Douglas-Ferrante syndrome - glaucoma
• GAPO syndrome - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8 - glaucoma
• Moore-Federman syndrome
• Chandler iris naevus syndrome
• Antipsychotic agents
• Scheie disease
• Uveitis - Glaucoma
• Rieger syndrome 2 - glaucoma
• Pseudoprogeria syndrome - glaucoma
• Midface hypoplasia, corneal clouding, subvalvular aortic stenosis and mental and somatic retardation - glaucoma
• Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck - glaucoma
• Krause-Kivlin syndrome - glaucoma
• Iris hypoplasia and glaucoma - glaucoma
• Emanuel syndrome - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9 - glaucoma
• Cocaine
• Fahr disease
• Phenelzine
• Glucocorticoids, topical
• Reiter’s syndrome - glaucoma
• Peripheral uveitis - glaucoma
• Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia - glaucoma
• Lowry-Maclean syndrome - glaucoma
• Cogan-Reese syndrome - glaucoma
• Atropine
• Pigment dispersion syndrome
• Mental retardation, X-linked, Armfield type - glaucoma
• HARD syndrome - glaucoma
• Glaucoma ectopia microspherophakia stiff joints short stature - glaucoma
• Frank-Ter Haar syndrome - glaucoma
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type - glaucoma
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - glaucoma
• Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly with cardiac defects and sensorineural hearing loss - glaucoma
• Aniridia II - glaucoma
• Congenital glaucoma
• Amyloidosis
• Weber-Christian disease - glaucoma
• Sarcoidosis - glaucoma
• Autoimmune uveitis - Glaucoma
• Zellweger Syndrome - Glaucoma
• Spastic paraplegia glaucoma precocious puberty - glaucoma
• Dwarfism - stiff joint - ocular abnormalities - glaucoma
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4B2, with early-onset glaucoma - glaucoma
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1 - glaucoma
• Chlorpromazine
• Ocular history
• Steroid use
• Trauma
• Vasospasm - Raynaud syndrome, Migraines
• Coagulopathies - Previous blood loss or shocklike episode
• Systemic nocturnal hypotension (notably in older thin, Caucasian women)
• Autoimmune disorders
• Systemic vascular disease
• Thyroid disease
• Sleep apnea (particularly in heavy men)
• Alzheimer disease - Associated with mild increase in cup-to-disc ratio
• Family history of glaucoma or optic neuropathy
• Vascular diseases - vasospasms, ischemia
• Heriditary
• Family history
• Myopia
• Age
• Being African- or Hispanic-American
• Hypertension
• Steroid users

Glaucoma as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Glaucoma as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Glaucoma as a complication includes:

• Aging
• Aphakia
• Autoimmune uveitis
• Cataracts
• Familial Granulomatosis, Blau type
• Familial, Systemic, Juvenile Granulomatosis
• Granulomatous arthritis of childhood
• Intraocular melanoma
• Marfan syndrome
• Melanoma of the ciliary body
• Melanoma of the iris
• Pediatric granulomatous arthritis
• Peripheral uveitis
• Reiter’s syndrome
• Sarcoidosis
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome
• Synovitis granulomatous with uveitis and cranial neuropathies
• Uveitis
• Weber-Christian disease

Glaucoma Causes: Book Excerpts

• Differential Diagnosis - Hypertension
• Differential Diagnosis - Hypertension
• Medical causes - Halo vision
• Medical causes - Blood pressure increase [Hypertension]
• Causes and incidence - Hypertension
• Causes and incidence - Glaucoma
• Causes and incidence - Renovascular hypertension
• Causes and incidence - Pregnancy-induced hypertension
• Causes and incidence - Pulmonary hypertension
• Medical causes - Halo vision
• Medical causes - Blood pressure increase [Hypertension]
• Differential Overview - Hypertension
• Causes - Hypertension
• Causes - Glaucoma
• Causes - Hypertension, pregnancy-induced
• Causes - Pulmonary hypertension
• Medical causes - Halo vision
• Principal Causes of Hypertension - Hypertension
• Medical causes - Halo vision
• Medical causes - Blood pressure, increased [Hypertension]
• Hypertension - risk factors - Hypertension

Glaucoma as a symptom:

Conditions listing Glaucoma as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Glaucoma as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Glaucoma.

• 18p minus syndrome
• Adams Nance syndrome
• Adrenoleukodystrophy, autosomal, neonatal form
• Anaesthesia complications
• Aniridia
• Aniridia - absent patella
• Aniridia - renal agenesis - psychomotor retardation
• Aniridia II
• Aniridia, type 2
• Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly with cardiac defects and sensorineural hearing loss
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9
• Cataract-glaucoma
• Chandler's syndrome
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4B2, with early-onset glaucoma
• Chitayat-Moore-Del Bigio syndrome
• Chromosome 11, deletion 11p
• Chromosome 13p duplication
• Chromosome 6, trisomy 6q
• Chromosome 6q duplication syndrome
• Cogan-Reese syndrome
• Deletion 11p
• Duplication 6q
• Dwarfism - stiff joint - ocular abnormalities
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type
• Emanuel syndrome
• Essential iris atrophy
• Frank-Ter Haar syndrome
• Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma
• GAPO syndrome
• GEMSS syndrome
• Glaucoma - iridogoniodysgenesia
• Glaucoma - sleep apnea
• Glaucoma ectopia microspherophakia stiff joints short stature
• HARD syndrome
• HARD syndrome (Hydrocephalus - agyria - retinal dysplasia)
• Homocystinuria
• Homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency
• Ichthyosis and male hypogonadism
• Ichthyosis male hypogonadism
• Imaizumi Kuroki syndrome
• Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome
• Iris hypoplasia and glaucoma
• Keratosis palmoplantaris - corneal dystrophy
• Krause syndrome
• Krause-Kivlin syndrome
• Lobstein disease
• Lowry-Maclean syndrome
• Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck
• Mental retardation, X-linked, Armfield type
• Microcornea - glaucoma - absent frontal sinuses
• Midface hypoplasia, corneal clouding, subvalvular aortic stenosis and mental and somatic retardation
• MOMO syndrome
• Muckle-Wells syndrome
• Mucopolysaccharidoses
• Muscle-eye-brain syndrome
• Oculocutaneous tyrosinemia
• Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant
• Orbital lymphangioma
• Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia
• PHACE association
• Pseudoprogeria syndrome
• Rieger anomaly - partial lipodystrophy
• Rieger syndrome 2
• Rubella virus antenatal infection
• Seckel-like syndrome, Majoor-Krakauer type
• Short stature deafness neutrophil dysfunction
• Silverman-Handmaker syndrome
• Spastic paraplegia glaucoma precocious puberty
• Spastic paresis - glaucoma - mental retardation
• Spherophakia brachymorphia syndrome
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome
• Thong-Douglas-Ferrante syndrome
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
• Wagner-Stickler Syndrome
• WAGR Syndrome
• Wilms tumor - aniridia - genitourinary anomalies - mental retardation
• Zellweger Syndrome

Discussion of underlying conditions of Glaucoma:

Secondary glaucomas can develop as a complication of other medical conditions. They are sometimes associated with eye surgery or advanced cataracts, eye injuries, certain eye tumors, or uveitis (eye inflammation). One type, known as pigmentary glaucoma, occurs when pigment from the iris flakes off and blocks the meshwork, slowing fluid drainage. A severe form, called neovascular glaucoma, is linked to diabetes. Also, corticosteroid drugs—used to treat eye inflammations and other diseases--can trigger glaucoma in a few people. Treatment is with medicines, laser surgery, or conventional surgery. (Source: excerpt from Facts About Glaucoma: NEI)

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Glaucoma, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Glaucoma. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Glaucoma. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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