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Within the cribriform layer of the trabecular meshwork of glaucomatous eyes, Rohen and Witmer (1972) found localized accumulations of extracellular material, which they termed ‘plaques’ or plaque-material. Theses plaques are found in normal eyes of elderly humans as well as in cases of chronic simple glaucoma. Tangential sections through the inner wall and the adjacent cribriform meshwork showed that theses plaques mainly consist of sagittal sections of elastic-like fibers and their sheath-material. Theses fibers form a delicate network within the cribriform layer which was called ‘cribriform plexus’ (Rohen et al. 1981). The plexus itself is connected with the endothelium of Schlemm’s canal or with remnants of basement membrane material by radially orientated fibrils, ‘connecting fibrils’ (Fig. 1).
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Lütjen-Drecoll, E., Tamm, E. (1987). Differences in the Amount of ‘Plaque-Material’ in the Outflow System of Eyes with Chronic Simple and Exfoliation Glaucoma. In: Krieglstein, G.K. (eds) Glaucoma Update III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71785-7_2
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