Glaucoma neovascular: presentación de caso / Neo-vascular glaucoma: a case report
Rev. cienc. med. Pinar Rio
; 15(4): 238-244, oct.-dic. 2011.
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RESUMEN
El glaucoma neovascular es de las variantes de glaucoma más difíciles de detectar y tratar correctamente; es un glaucoma secundario de difícil manejo y tratamiento. Se reconoce por sus hallazgos clínicos, las enfermedades subyacentes asociadas y la dificultad de su tratamiento, hasta hace poco tiempo, el pronóstico era uniformemente grave y con frecuencia significaba la pérdida del globo ocular Se presenta secundario a una isquemia retiniana. Se expone el manejo y el tratamiento de un caso diagnosticado en la provincia de Pinar del Río, secundario a una trombosis de la vena central de la retina.
ABSTRACT
Neo-vascular glaucoma is one of the most complex variants of glaucoma to be accurately detected and treated; it is a secondary glaucoma of hard management. It is recognized by its clinical findings, associated with underlying diseases and difficult to be treated. Until not long ago, the prognosis was uniformly severe, and most of the time loss of eyeball was frequent, having a secondary onset after a retinal ischemia. The proceedings and treatment of a case, secondary to a thrombosis of the central vein of retina, that was diagnosed in Pinar del Rio province is presented.
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Rev. cienc. med. Pinar Rio
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Year:
2011
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