Two young patients without family history or indication of glaucoma had used corticoid eye
drops for several years and developed a severe corticosteroid glaucoma leading to
microsurgery. The specimens obtained by trabeculectomy were studied by electron
microscopy. A marked densification of the cribriform and adjacent area of the trabecular
mesh work by masses of an amorphous and fibrous material was found in both eases, but to
a different extent. No free aqueous pathways were seen in this area. In contrast to various …