Isolated Spherophakia and Glaucoma

We report a case of spherophakia that caused glaucoma and describe the characteristics and the ultrasound biomicroscopy findings as well as the mechanism and management of glaucoma in spherophakia. We suggest considering lens extraction to manage glaucoma in spherophakia and discuss the surgical con...

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Autores principales: Pikkel, Joseph, Irena, Epstein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3784233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24106503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/516490
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spelling pubmed-37842332013-10-08 Isolated Spherophakia and Glaucoma Pikkel, Joseph Irena, Epstein Case Rep Med Case Report We report a case of spherophakia that caused glaucoma and describe the characteristics and the ultrasound biomicroscopy findings as well as the mechanism and management of glaucoma in spherophakia. We suggest considering lens extraction to manage glaucoma in spherophakia and discuss the surgical considerations and possible complications of such an intervention. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3784233/ /pubmed/24106503 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/516490 Text en Copyright © 2013 J. Pikkel and E. Irena. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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