ABSTRACT
CASO CLÍNICO: Paciente mujer de 73 años diagnosticada de coloboma de cristalino tras ser derivada a consulta para cirugía de catarata. DISCUSIÓN: La incidencia de coloboma en España por cada 10.000 nacimientos es de 0,5, en Francia de 1,4, en Estados Unidos de 2,6 y en China de 7,5. El diagnóstico es clínico mediante visualización directa. El pronóstico visual depende de la extensión y gravedad del defecto. El tratamiento de la catarata se realizó mediante la técnica convencional de facoemulsificación más lente intraocular de cápsula posterior (FACO + LIO CP) con ayuda de anillo de tensión capsular
CASE REPORT: We present a seventy-three year-old female diagnosed with lens coloboma when she was going to be operated on for cataracts. DISCUSSION: The incidence of congenital coloboma of the eye is estimated to be 0.5 per 10000 newborns in Spain, 1.4 in France, 2.6 in United States, and 7.5 in China. The diagnosis is clinical by observing the defect. The visual prognosis depends on the extent and severity of the coloboma. The treatment of the cataract was by phacoemulsification with an intraocular lens using a capsular tension ring
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Female , Humans , Cataract Extraction/legislation & jurisprudence , Cataract Extraction/methods , Gonioscopy/instrumentation , Gonioscopy/methods , Cataract Extraction/classification , Cataract Extraction/standards , Gonioscopy/standards , GonioscopyABSTRACT
CASE REPORT: We present a seventy-three year-old female diagnosed with lens coloboma when she was going to be operated on for cataracts. DISCUSSION: The incidence of congenital coloboma of the eye is estimated to be 0.5 per 10000 newborns in Spain, 1.4 in France, 2.6 in United States, and 7.5 in China. The diagnosis is clinical by observing the defect. The visual prognosis depends on the extent and severity of the coloboma. The treatment of the cataract was by phacoemulsification with an intraocular lens using a capsular tension ring.
