There is a significant decrease in the corneal endothelial cell density in eyes that have had an acute attack of angle closure glaucoma and in eyes with chronic PACG. The endothelial cell population in eyes with sub-acute PACG and in the fellow eyes of all subtypes of PACG is not significantly different from the normal population.
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