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Espesor corneal central en el glaucoma juvenil Central corneal thickness in juvenile glaucoma

Authors: Maykel Rivera López; Yanet García Concha; Henry Pérez González; Sandra Jalilo Hernández;

Espesor corneal central en el glaucoma juvenil Central corneal thickness in juvenile glaucoma

Abstract

Introducción: el glaucoma juvenil es una variedad poco común y sus manifestaciones clínicas pueden simular un glaucoma primario de ángulo abierto. Objetivo: evaluar el comportamiento del espesor corneal central en el glaucoma juvenil. Material y Método: se realizó un estudio analítico, longitudinal y prospectivo a 29 pacientes con glaucoma juvenil atendidos en la consulta especializada del centro oftalmológico y del hospital pediátrico de Pinar del Río, de junio de 2010 a diciembre de 2011. Resultados: la edad promedio fue de 18 años, con una ligera mayoría de un 51.72 % de varones y de la raza blanca, sin valor estadístico. El 51.72 % refirieron antecedentes familiares de glaucoma. El 93.10 % presentó un ángulo abierto, y el 65.51 % tenían espesor corneal central inferiores a 539µm predominando en este grupo, de forma altamente significativa los valores de presión intra ocular entre 22-25 mmHg en un 84.21 %. No hubo relación entre espesor corneal central bajos y alteraciones papilares glaucomatosa, y sí existió relación estadística significativa entre valores de presión intra ocular superiores a 22 mmHg y excavaciones mayor de 0.5 con un 92.85 %. Conclusión: ambos sexos y razas se afectaron por igual predominando los pacientes con ángulo abierto, siendo los antecedentes familiares importantes para el diagnóstico y encontrando relación significativa entre el espesor corneal bajo y cifras elevadas de presión intra ocular, no así con el daño papilar glaucomatoso el cual sí se relacionó significativamente con valores elevados de presión intra ocular.Introduction: juvenile glaucoma is an uncommon variety and its clinical manifestations can simulate a primary glaucoma of open angle. Objective: to assess the behavior of central corneal thickness in juvenile glaucoma. Material and Method: an analytical, longitudinal and prospective study was carried out including 29 patients suffering from juvenile glaucoma who attended to the specialized center of Ophthalmology at “Pepe Portilla” children hospital, Pinar del Rio from June 2010 to December 2011. Results: the average age was 18, with a majority of male patients (51.72 %), and Caucasian, without statistical value. This figure (51.72 %) referred familial history of glaucoma; 93.10 % presented open angle glaucoma and 65.51% had a central corneal thickness inferior to 539 µm prevailing in this group a highly significant value of intraocular pressure between 22-25 mmHg was present in the 84.21% of them. No relationship was found between low-central corneal thicknesses and papillary-glaucoma alterations, a significant-statistical relationship among the values of intraocular pressure superior than 22mmHg and excavations greater than 0.5 with 92.85 % were found. Conclusion: both sexes and races were equally affected prevailing patients suffering from open-angle glaucoma, family history was very important to establish the diagnosis; finding a significant association between the low corneal thickness and high figures of intra-ocular pressure not present in papillary glaucoma damage, which was related to high values of intra-ocular pressure.

Keywords

Medicine (General), R5-920, Oftalmopatías, R, Medicine, Glaucoma, Eye diseases

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