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Revista Cubana de Oftalmología

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SIGLER VILLANUEVA, Aldo; LIMA RODRIGUEZ, Ulises  and  LANDRIAN IGLESIAS, Beatriz. Chronic narrow-angle glaucoma found in dizygotic twins. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2013, vol.26, n.2, pp.339-344. ISSN 0864-2176.

Clinical case: here is the case of a dizygotic twin pair diagnosed with chronic narrow-angle glaucoma in 2994. Their father had died blind and a daughter of one of them was later diagnosed as a chronic open-angle glaucoma patient. A specific protocol allowed determining the zygocity of the twins. The intraocular pressures in the four eyes of the patients were measured with applanation tonometry and ranged 26-32 mmHg, narrow anterior chambers and camerular angles, computerized tubular perimetries in three eyes around central 5° and another tubular perimetry of central 10°, with developing atrophies in the four eyes. Both patients underwent bilateral trabeculectomy and the control over their glaucoma disease was kept. Conclusions: It is necessary to look for other people affected in a family setting where there exists diagnosis of chronic narrow-angle glaucoma.

Keywords : chronic glaucoma; dizygotic twins; trabeculectomy.

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