1999 Volume 18 Issue 1-2 Pages 1-2_19-1-2_22
This study reports the outcomes from the tests conducted with a novel, simple gonioscopic method using a +20D condensing lens to examine the iridocorneal angle or the anterior chamber in fifteen dogs and five cats. When the lens was placed on the lateral area of corneal surface near the limbus, a half or less of all circumference of the iridocorneal angle could be observed. Almost no animal showed any resisting behavior against this treatment procedure. In addition to abnormal anterior angles, the focal lesions on the iris, and precipitation of fibrin in the anterior chamber, and swelling of the lens were able to be detected. Accordingly, it was confirmed that this method provides one direct way of assessing the abnormalities in the anterior chamber practically.
