[Chemiluminescence and activity of acid phosphatase in the drainage zone of the eye in glaucoma patients].

Ocular drainage zone tissue, obtained during surgery from patients with glaucoma, was examined. Chemiluminescence has revealed changed amplitude of the flash and the value of its total light volume. Increased intensity of peroxide chemiluminescence evidences enhanced processes of lipid peroxidation in the tissue and a reduced antioxidant level. Histochemical study of acid phosphatase has discovered destabilization of lysosomal membranes, more marked during an acute attack of glaucoma.