1/4. retinal detachment in eyes with congenital glaucoma.Five patients with congenital glaucoma were treated for complicated retinal detachment. All patients underwent a pars plana vitrectomy and fluid/gas or fluid/silicone exchange. The technical difficulties of operating on buphthalmic eyes are described. Due to subretinal reproliferation, corneal decompensation, and pressure elevation, the functional prognosis is still poor.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pressure (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/4. Buphthalmos following systemic steroid treatment.Corticosteroid-induced glaucoma is a well-recognized phenomenon in adults, but not children. We describe an infant who developed juvenile glaucoma with buphthalmos while receiving systemic steroid treatment. The intraocular pressure normalized several months following discontinuation of treatment.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pressure (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/4. Buphthalmos in neurofibromatosis: is it an expression of regional giantism?A case of buphthalmos and regional giantism in neurofibromatosis with the characteristics of the Francois syndrome is reported. Difficulties of early diagnosis are emphasized. A discussion of the mechanisms which may produce buphthalmos in neurofibromatosis is presented. We propose that buphthalmos in neurofibromatosis may be primarily an expression of regional giantism rather than a consequence of uncontrolled intraocular pressure.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pressure (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/4. Congenital glaucoma associated with an arginase deficit: a case report.PURPOSE: Argininemia is a rare congenital disease caused by deficiency. We present here a case in which argininemia and buphthalmos are associated. CASE REPORT: This female patient, who died at eighteen, had intraocular pressure correlated with her blood levels or arginine. Hyperammoniemia causes a change in pH that could explain an increase in aqueous humor (from the ciliary body). Ammonium ions could also damage the matrix of the trabecular meshwork. CONCLUSIONS: The association of argininemia and buphthalmos have never been described. This might be because of the different expressions of the disease, or because nobody has ever looked for ocular hypertension in these patients unless they had subjective symptoms.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pressure (Clic here for more details about this article) |