Incidency

ACG

AOG

relatively uncommon
(less than 10 percent
of all diagnosed
cases of glaucoma)

an acute attack can

lead to blindness
within hours or days.

vision loss is slow and

gradual

intraocular pressure
becomes elevated
because the
peripheral iris
prevents aqueous
from reaching the
anterior chamber
drainage tissue, the
trabecular meshwork.
The meshwork itself
is presumed to
function normally

aqueous has ready

access to the
trabecular meshwork,
but drainage is
impaired due to
other mechanisms.