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Abstract #17652 Published in IGR 9-2
Neovascular glaucoma in a Nigerian African population
Ashaye AO; Adeoti COEast African Medical Journal 2006; 83: 559-564
OBJECTIVE: To determine the ocular and systemic factors associated with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) in an African population. Design: Hospital based cross sectional study. Setting: Eye clinic, Department of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Subjects: Sixty one consecutive patients with clinical diagnosis of NVG seen between January 1995 and December 1999 had a complete ocular evaluation. RESULTS: Among the 61 subjects studied with an identifiable aetiological factor presumably causing neovascular glaucoma, 82% had associated posterior segment diseases producing ischaemia. These were retinal venous obstruction (78.7%), retinal arterial occlusion (1.6%). Those with no identifiable vaso-occlusive disease had couching (11.5%), aphakia with vitreous loss (3.3%) and chronic uveitis (1.6%). Systemic arterial hypertension was present in 62.3% while diabetes mellitus was present in only 8.3% of the subjects studied. Chronic uveitis and penetrating eye injury were infrequently diagnosed. Chronic open angle glaucoma was present in the other eye of 37.7% of subjects. Neovascular glaucoma was unilateral in 95.1% of subjects. 84.4% of affected eyes were blind on presentation. Males outnumbered females among subjects with NVG above 40 years, while females outnumbered males in the subjects below 40 years of age. Eyes of that were couched constitute a significant proportion of subjects with neovascular glaucoma. CONCLUSION: Medical conditions such as systemic hypertension, diabetes and ocular conditions like retinal vein, retinal artery occlusion, couching and glaucoma were associated with NVG. Most of these ocular and systemic associations should be identified early and treated to prevent neovascular glaucoma in the other eye of the subject.
Dr. A.O. Ashaye, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Classification:
9.4.5.1 Neovascular glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)