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RECENTLY, a nodular dystrophy of the inner layers of the trabecular meshwork (pectinate ligament) has been described in a normotensive eye containing a small malignant melanoma. The dystrophy consisted of fusiform, annular and nodular expansions of individual trabecular fibres and it was suggested that an elevation of intraocular pressure could result from a progression of these changes throughout the meshwork1,2.
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LEESON, T., SPEAKMAN, J. Pathogenesis of Raised Intraocular Pressure in Chronic Simple Glaucoma. Nature 193, 694–695 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193694a0
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