Thyroid disease and glaucoma

Abstract

The ocular tension of 155 patients with thyroid disease was measured with an applanation tonometer. No significant difference in mean tension was found between hyperthyroid and hypothyroid patients, and the distribution of ocular tensions in the group as a whole was similar to that in a normal population. Two of the 155 patients were found to have glaucoma, an incidence comparable with that reported in most population surveys.