THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FLUOROANGIOGRAPHIC ASPECT OF THE OPTIC DISK AND THE VISUAL FIELD IN PATIENTS WITH THE EXFOLIATION SYNDROME WITH AND WITHOUT INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION

. Patients with monolateral exfoliation syndrome were examined to elucidate the differences between the eye with the exfoliation and the fellow eye and to explain the damage of the visual field of the eyes with or without exfoliation. The greatest difference between the two groups of eyes is represented by an increased pigmentation of the anterior chamber angle. The visual field, as in bilateral cases, showes the greates damage when exfoliation and hypertension are present together in the same eye. An hypothesis is put forward to explain the supposed mechanism of action of these two factors.