Ectasie sclérale semi-annulaire pré-équatoriale chez un patient glaucomateux onchocerquien [Semi-annular pre-equatorial scleral ectasia in a patient with glaucoma and onchocerciasis].
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State: Public
Version: Final published version
Serval ID
serval:BIB_321D89F208D2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Publications
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Title
Ectasie sclérale semi-annulaire pré-équatoriale chez un patient glaucomateux onchocerquien [Semi-annular pre-equatorial scleral ectasia in a patient with glaucoma and onchocerciasis].
Journal
Journal Français D'ophtalmologie
ISSN
0181-5512 (Print)
ISSN-L
0181-5512
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1999
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
22
Number
9
Pages
970-974
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We present the case of a glaucomatous young patient with onchocerciasis who developed a bilateral pre-equatorial scleral staphyloma with an important scleral thinness. The pathogenesis of anterior staphyloma is discussed: mechanical stress from very high ocular pressure, ocular onchocerciasis, scleral ischemia. A better understanding of scleral mechanical resistance could explain scleral thinness without any clinical scleritis.
Keywords
Adult, Antihypertensive Agents/pharmacology, Dilatation, Pathologic, Glaucoma/complications, Humans, Intraocular Pressure/drug effects, Male, Onchocerciasis/complications, Retinal Diseases/complications, Scleral Diseases/etiology, Timolol/pharmacology, Visual Acuity
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