Biomaterial Database

[Malignant glaucoma (author's transl)]. 1978

C Dyson

A 35-year-old male, one of three siblings with spherophakia and glaucoma, was treated surgically by aspiration of vitreous through a posterior sclerotomy wound, and air insufflation of the anterior chamber in each eye. Previous peripheral or sector iridectomies were not helpful in contolling the condition. Some improvement was noted with intensive cycloplegic therapy in each eye. In the right eye, one surgical procedure was sufficient to arrest the condition. In the left eye, a sector iridectomy, and three posterior sclerotomies combined with air insufflations of the anterior chamber have been unsuccessful in controlling the pressure. A further sclerotomy with a vitrectomy instrument to remove most of the formed vitreous followed by air insufflation of the anterior chamber is proposed for the uncontrolled eye and if this is not successful in controlling the condition, lens extraction will be carried out.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297	Male		Males
D008722	Methods	A series of steps taken in order to conduct research.	Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D005901	Glaucoma	An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Glaucomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012590	Sclera	The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the CANAL OF SCHLEMM. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Scleral Spur,Scleral Spurs,Scleras