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SECONDARY GLAUCOMA CAUSED BY ORBITAL LYMPHANGIOMA
Author(s) -
NEHEN J. H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1972.tb05975.x
Subject(s) - orbit (dynamics) , medicine , glaucoma , lymphangioma , secondary glaucoma , ophthalmology , surgery , engineering , aerospace engineering
The present paper is a case report of monocular glaucoma in an 11‐year‐old boy as a consequence of extraocular venous obstruction caused by a retrobulbar neoplasm, most probably a lymphangioma. The prognosis and therapeutic possibilities are discussed. Glaucomas with this pathogenesis are rare, and lymphangiomas in the orbit have not previously been reported to cause secondary glaucoma.