Nonglaucomatous XXXX in Benin City.

@entity1 @entity1952 @entity66 @entity130
CONTEXT: @entity1952 is a clinical sign and not a disease. The etiology of @entity1952 is diverse, some of which may be life threatening. @entity1 AND METHODS: A retrospective review of the medical records of all adult @entity1 aged 16 years and above with nonglaucomatous @entity1952 at the eye clinic of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital over a 4-year period was conducted. RESULTS: One hundred and four @entity1 had nonglaucomatous @entity1952 . There were 58 males and 46 females with a male:female of 1.3:1. Their ages ranged from 16 to 83 years with a mean age of 49.2    17.74 years. Majority (75%) of the @entity1 were in the age range of 31-70 years. One hundred and fifty-seven eyes were affected with bilateral involvement in 53 @entity1 . The etiology was unknown in 47 (45.2%) @entity1 . @entity66 24 (23.1%), @entity130 14 (13.5%), toxic-nutritional 8 (7.7%) and compressive lesions 5 (4.8%) were the most common among the known etiologies. CONCLUSION: @entity1952 is the end result of injury to the anterior visual pathway from a myriad of disease processes. A broad knowledge of the etiology of @entity1952 is needed to make a diagnosis .
