Sigler VA, Lima RU, Landrián IB

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 339-344
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ABSTRACT

Clinical case: here is the case of a dizygotic twin pair diagnosed with chronic narrow-angle glaucoma in 2994. Their father had died blind and a daughter of one of them was later diagnosed as a chronic open-angle glaucoma patient. A specific protocol allowed determining the zygocity of the twins. The intraocular pressures in the four eyes of the patients were measured with applanation tonometry and ranged 26-32 mmHg, narrow anterior chambers and camerular angles, computerized tubular perimetries in three eyes around central 5° and another tubular perimetry of central 10°, with developing atrophies in the four eyes. Both patients underwent bilateral trabeculectomy and the control over their glaucoma disease was kept.
Conclusions: It is necessary to look for other people affected in a family setting where there exists diagnosis of chronic narrow-angle glaucoma.

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