PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH PRIMARY CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA TO A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER | ||
| ALEXMED ePosters | ||
| Article 3, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 7-8 | ||
| Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2023.181075.1528 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nader Hussein Bayoumi1; Islam Hamdy Shereen2; Shaimaa Ahmed Mohamed Elmadawy* 1 | ||
| 1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||
| 2Department of Opthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a rare, genetically derived, developmental defect in the trabecular meshwork and anterior chamber angle that occurs without other significant ocular or systemic anomalies.Other features, e.g., elevated intraocular pressure (IOP); corneal enlargement, or presence of Haabstriae or corneal opacity, or both; and progressive optic nerve cupping, may also be present The incidence of PCG ranges from ~1 in 10,000–30,000 births in Western countries to the highest of 1:1250 in Slovakian Gypsies. Defined ethnic groups, e.g., Pakistani, Bangladeshis, and Indians, with an elevated level of consanguinity within them, tend to have increased incidences The child’s glaucoma manifests with one or more of the “classic triad” of findings: epiphora, photophobia, and blepharospasm Surgical intervention constitutes the definitive treatment modality for PCG Medications play an adjunctive role to surgery in the therapy of PCG, Preoperatively, medications may help clear the cornea to facilitate goniotomy, and postoperatively, they may help control IOP until the adequacy of the surgical procedure has been verified. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG); intraocular pressure (IOP); TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER | ||
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