The PAM may be used as a complementary tool in evaluating early and nondense cataracts; however, patients should not be excluded as candidates for cataract surgery based solely on PAM results.

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A patient with Terrien's corneal marginal degeneration and a previous trabeculectomy had planned extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. A corneal incision was made with a diamond blade on the degeneration furrow superiorly and was closed with a 10-0 nylon double-running suture with keratoscopic control.

Professor-chefe do Setor de Glaucoma do Servi ço de Oftalmologia do HCPA.