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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120631| Title: | A case of advanced glaucoma with increased episcleral venous pressure in a 17-year-old with Eisenmenger syndrome |
| Authors: | Grech, Leanne Mifsud, Adrian Caruana, Maryanne Carbonaro, Francis |
| Keywords: | Glaucoma -- Malta -- Case studies Eisenmenger complex Open-angle glaucoma -- Diagnosis Heart -- Abnormalities Pulmonary hypertension |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Hindawi |
| Citation: | Grech, L., Mifsud, A., Caruana, M., & Carbonaro, F. (2017). A Case of Advanced Glaucoma with Increased Episcleral Venous Pressure in a 17-Year-Old with Eisenmenger Syndrome. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2017, 5808047. |
| Abstract: | Eisenmenger syndrome refers to reversal of shunt and central cyanosis due to pulmonary hypertension induced by congenital heart disease with a large systemic-to-pulmonary shunt. We report a case of a 17-year-old man with Eisenmenger syndrome who presented with gradual deterioration in visual acuity and was diagnosed with advanced secondary open angle glaucoma. There have been reports of patients suffering from thrombosis due to hyperviscosity associated with this syndrome; however, to our knowledge, the association of secondary open angle glaucoma with Eisenmenger syndrome has not yet been documented. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120631 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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