Collateral vessel regression in a child with primary congenital glaucoma.
The presence of collateral vessels in a young child with glaucoma is rare. The authors describe a case of collateral vessel regression with intraocular pressure reduction in a child with primary congenital glaucoma. Six months following 180 degrees goniotomies in each eye, the intraocular pressure was reduced, dilation of the retinal arteries and veins resolved, and collateral vessels in both eyes regressed. Intraocular pressure reduction may lead to the regression of collateral vessels in children with primary congenital glaucoma.
Department of Ophthalmology, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA.
Elizabeth
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Roberts
Steven D
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Void
Robert H
RH
Rosa
David C
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Dries
D003097:Collateral Circulation; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014130:Trabeculectomy