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<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21762022000400013</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Uso del sildenafilo oral en el tratamiento del linfangioma orbitario]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Use of Oral Sildenafil in the Treatment of Orbital Lymphangioma]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abreu Perdomo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Franklyn Alain]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Roso Quintosa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dayana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bazán Milián]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio Lázaro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Ruíz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Celia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Oncología y Radiobiología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente &#8220;Héroes del Baire&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Isla de la Juventud]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General &#8220;Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Santiago de Cuba]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762022000400013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762022000400013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762022000400013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Los linfangiomas orbitarios son malformaciones vasculares benignas, de crecimiento lento, abortivas y no funcionales, que se presentan principalmente en la primera década de la vida. Las opciones terapéuticas en estos casos presentan una resolutividad limitada, algunos tratamientos suelen ser agresivos y provocar daños del aparato visual. Se presenta un caso de una paciente femenina de 6 años de edad atendida por proptosis del ojo izquierdo a la que se le realizó el diagnóstico clínico-imagenológico de linfangioma de la órbita, con el objetivo de mostrar el resultado alcanzado en el manejo de la misma mediante el uso del sildenafilo por vía oral, modalidad terapéutica en estudio a nivel mundial en el tratamiento de estas afecciones. El tratamiento con sildenafilo en el linfangioma orbitario demostró ser eficaz en la mejoría del cuadro clínico y por imágenes. Durante el tratamiento no se reportaron reacciones adversas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Orbital lymphatic malformations are benign, slow-growing, abortive, nonfunctional vascular malformations that occur mainly in the first decade of life. Therapeutic options in these cases present limited resolution, some treatments are usually aggressive and cause damage to the visual apparatus. We present a case of a 6-year-old female patient treated for proptosis of the left eye. The clinical-imaging diagnosis of lymphangioma of the orbit was made to show the results achieved in its treatment through the use of oral sildenafil, a therapeutic modality under study worldwide in the treatment of these conditions. The treatment with sildenafil in orbital lymphangioma proved to be effective in the improvement of the clinical and imaging picture. No adverse reactions were reported during treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[linfangioma orbitario]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[malformaciones linfáticas, sildenafilo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[orbital lymphangioma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lymphatic malformations]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sildenafil]]></kwd>
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