Abstract: Primary open-angle glaucoma is a chronic and progressive optic neuropathy with characteristic morphological changes of optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer, and without other eye diseases or congenital abnormalities, which will eventually lead to irreversible blindness. High myopia is an independent risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma, but it is accompanied by changes in eyeball morphology and optic disc structure, which brings difficulties to early clinical diagnosis and treatment. At present, a large number of studies show that the risk of primary open angle glaucoma in patients with high myopia is higher than that in patients with non-high myopia. This paper summarizes the relationship between high myopia and primary open angle glaucoma from the aspects of epidemiology, intraocular pressure, axial length, visual field, optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer.

Key words: high myopia, primary open-angle glaucoma