[Teletherapy ocular complications. A clinical case]. / Complicaciones oculares tras teleterapia. Caso clínico.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol
; 82(6): 361-4, 2007 Jun.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17573646
CLINICAL CASE: An 82-year-old pseudophakic male patient developed several ocular complications after teletherapy for cavum carcinoma. Three years after receiving the radiotherapy, he presented with a right optic neuritis with some posterior improvement. Five years later he developed an ischemic retinopathy and a severe dry eye syndrome. DISCUSSION: Ocular complications due to radiotherapy used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinomas are not as common as those caused by epiescleral radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma, but must be taken into account due to their special severity. We present a single case of a patient who suffered several subsequent ocular complications after such radiotherapy.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Teleterapia por Radioisótopo
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Doenças Retinianas
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Síndromes do Olho Seco
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Neurite (Inflamação)
Limite:
Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article