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ObjetivoLas uveítis intermedias constituyen entre el 2 y el 26% de las uveítis en niños. El curso natural es variable existiendo desde casos leves autolimitados hasta formas crónicas más severas que cursan con múltiples recurrencias y complicaciones. El objetivo de este estudio es valorar la utilidad de la vitrectomía para controlar la inflamación en niños con uveítis intermedias recurrentes.MétodosEstudio retrospectivo con seguimiento de al menos seis meses. Se incluyeron todos los niños menores de dieciséis años intervenidos mediante vitrectomía por uveítis intermedia tras haber sufrido al menos dos brotes de inflamación intermedia sin tratamiento profiláctico inmunosupresor sistémico previo a la cirugía. Se recogieron los cambios en la agudeza visual (AV), las recaídas y las complicaciones derivadas de la cirugía.ResultadosSe seleccionaron siete ojos de cinco niños con uveítis intermedia que requirieron vitrectomía. Tras un seguimiento medio de 34 meses, la AV había mejorado en todos los ojos respecto a la situación prequirúrgica. Cuatro ojos desarrollaron cataratas subcapsulares posteriores leves. Las recurrencias posquirúrgicas fueron de localización anterior y controladas con tratamiento tópico, salvo un brote de uveítis intermedia tratada con una inyección de triamcinolona periocular. Solo un niño se encuentra actualmente bajo terapia inmunosupresora sistémica, debido a la presencia de brotes de uveítis intermedia en el ojo no operado y dado que sus padres rechazaron la cirugía.ConclusiónLa vitrectomía con crioterapia inferior es una opción terapéutica a considerar para el control de la actividad inflamatoria de las uveítis intermedias en niños a medio plazo para evitar los efectos secundarios asociados a los inmunosupresores sistémicos(AU)
PurposeIntermediate uveitis represents between 2 and 26% of uveitis in children. The spectrum of the disease is highly variable, ranging between mild cases that resolve spontaneously and chronic, severe forms that develop multiple episodes and complications. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of vitrectomy to control inflammation in children with recurrent intermediate uveitis.MethodsRetrospective evaluation of patients with at least six months of follow-up. All patients under 16 who had undergone vitrectomy for intermediate uveitis were included. Vitrectomy was performed after at least two episodes of intermediate uveitis in children that had had no previous prophylactic systemic immunosuppressant treatment. Data recorded were visual acuity (VA), recurrences and surgical complications.ResultsSeven eyes of five children with intermediate uveitis who underwent vitrectomy were included. After a mean follow-up of 34 months, VA improved in all eyes after surgery. Four eyes developed mild subcapsular posterior cataracts. Post-surgical recurrences were anterior and responded to topical treatment, except for an episode of intermediate uveitis that required a periocular injection of triamcinolone. Only one patient is being treated with systemic immunosuppressants, due to the presence of repeated episodes of uveitis in the non-vitrectomised eye and since his parents were unwilling to have him undergo new surgery.ConclusionsVitrectomy with inferior cryotheraphy controls inflammation in intermediate uveitis in children with good mid-term results avoiding the secondary side-effects of systemic immunosuppressants(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Uveitis, Intermediate/surgery , Vitrectomy/methods , Inflammation/surgery , Retrospective Studies , Pars Planitis/surgery , Immunosuppressive AgentsABSTRACT
PURPOSE: Intermediate uveitis represents between 2 and 26% of uveitis in children. The spectrum of the disease is highly variable, ranging between mild cases that resolve spontaneously and chronic, severe forms that develop multiple episodes and complications. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of vitrectomy to control inflammation in children with recurrent intermediate uveitis. METHODS: Retrospective evaluation of patients with at least six months of follow-up. All patients under 16 who had undergone vitrectomy for intermediate uveitis were included. Vitrectomy was performed after at least two episodes of intermediate uveitis in children that had had no previous prophylactic systemic immunosuppressant treatment. Data recorded were visual acuity (VA), recurrences and surgical complications. RESULTS: Seven eyes of five children with intermediate uveitis who underwent vitrectomy were included. After a mean follow-up of 34 months, VA improved in all eyes after surgery. Four eyes developed mild subcapsular posterior cataracts. Post-surgical recurrences were anterior and responded to topical treatment, except for an episode of intermediate uveitis that required a periocular injection of triamcinolone. Only one patient is being treated with systemic immunosuppressants, due to the presence of repeated episodes of uveitis in the non-vitrectomised eye and since his parents were unwilling to have him undergo new surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Vitrectomy with inferior cryotheraphy controls inflammation in intermediate uveitis in children with good mid-term results avoiding the secondary side-effects of systemic immunosuppressants.
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Cryotherapy/methods , Pars Planitis/surgery , Vitrectomy/methods , Adolescent , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Cataract/etiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Macular Edema/drug therapy , Macular Edema/etiology , Male , Pars Planitis/complications , Pars Planitis/drug therapy , Postoperative Complications/etiology , Prednisolone/administration & dosage , Prednisolone/analogs & derivatives , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , Recurrence , Retrospective Studies , Triamcinolone/administration & dosage , Triamcinolone/therapeutic use , Uveitis, Intermediate/drug therapy , Uveitis, Intermediate/surgeryABSTRACT
CASE REPORT: Our patient was a 45-year-old woman who had recurrent episodes of hematic epiphora, repeated epistaxes for which no cause was found and a family history of gastric hemorrhage. One of her daughters also suffered from spontaneous hemorrhages. DISCUSSION: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is rarely diagnosed by an ophthalmologist; however the occurrence of bloody tears occurring spontaneously in a patient with epistaxis or gastric hemorrhage should lead to suspicion of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. It should never be forgotten that clinical examination and appropriate investigations are basic components of disease diagnosis.
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Hemorrhage/etiology , Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases/etiology , Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic/complications , Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Caso clínico: Mujer de 45 años con episodios recurrentes de epífora hemática espontánea. La paciente presentaba epistaxis de repetición no filiadas y, tenía antecedentes familiares de hemorragia digestiva, además una de sus hijas sufría de epistaxis. Discusión: El diagnóstico de telangiectasia hemorrágica hereditaria por oftalmólogos es un hecho infrecuente. La presencia de lágrimas con sangre o epífora hemática espontánea, en un paciente con historia de hemorragias de repetición en forma de epistaxis o hemorragia digestiva, nos tiene que hacer sospechar y buscar la presencia de esta enfermedad. La historia y exploración clínica son fundamentales en el diagnóstico de dicha enfermedad
Case report: Our patient was a 45-year-old woman who had recurrent episodes of hematic epiphora, repeated epistaxes for which no cause was found and a family history of gastric hemorrhage. One of her daughters also suffered from spontaneous hemorrhages. Discussion: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is rarely diagnosed by an ophthalmologist; however the occurrence of bloody tears occurring spontaneously in a patient with epistaxis or gastric hemorrhage should lead to suspicion of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. It should never be forgotten that clinical examination and appropriate investigations are basic components of disease diagnosis (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2008; 83: 381-384)
