Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (IMAGE)

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Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

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This is the optic nerve of a patient with primary open angle glaucoma, showing characteristic enlarged cup to disc ratio, excavation and loss of nerve fiber layer.

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Image provided by Kang Zhang, MD, PhD

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