Congenital glaucoma is one of the main causes of blindness in children and is more common in Saudi Arabia than in Western countries, perhaps owing to the prevalence of consanguinity with families. Trabeculotomy has given poorer results in Saudi Arabia than elsewhere. This study compared the results of trabeculotomy (67% success rate) with trabeculectomy (54% success rate), and reports fewer com...

A clinical case of congenital aniridia in combination with high degree hyperopia, cataract, ophthalmohypertension, foveal hypoplasia is presented. The article analyzes the results a complex morphofunctional studies conducted before and after cataract surgery, presents practical data on differential diagnosis glaucoma ophthalmohypertension therapeutic approaches, including use diaphragm contact ...

PURPOSE To report a case of Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis in a patient with an Ahmed glaucoma valve. CASE REPORT A nine-year-old boy with bilateral congenital glaucoma, with an Ahmed glaucoma valve implanted in the left eye, had recurrent conjunctival dehiscence and endophthalmitis. RESULTS Vitreous cultures demonstrated the presence of Propionibacterium acnes. CONCLUSIONS This ...

BACKGROUND Mutations in the GLI-similar 3 (GLIS3) gene encoding the transcription factor GLIS3 are a rare cause of neonatal diabetes and congenital hypothyroidism with 12 reported patients to date. Additional features, previously described, include congenital glaucoma, hepatic fibrosis, polycystic kidneys, developmental delay, facial dysmorphism, osteopenia, sensorineural deafness, choanal atre...

Glaucomas of the childhood are devastatinly deceptive in their presentations because of an insidious onset and late recognition. Primary congenital glaucomas (PCG) which serve as a prototype for glaucomas in the young Subtleties of diagnosis may lie in simple symptoms of watering and photophobia. This article is aimed to summarize all common manifestations and basics of surgical treatment, conv...

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