Visual rehabilitation in pre phthisis bulbi's patient: case report.

نویسندگان

  • Priscila Ciocler Froiman
  • Carlos Eduardo Villas Bôas Júnior
  • Maria Auxiliadora Monteiro Frazão Sibinelli
  • Silvia Veitzman
  • Giceli Rodrigues Chaves Rinaldo
چکیده

Uveitis is a group of intraocular inflammatory diseases that affects mainly patients of working age. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is a chronic, granulomatous, systemic and autoimmune disease with manifestations in the eye, skin, and hearing and nervous systems. Ocular complications include cataract, glaucoma, choroidal neovascular membrane formation, and subretinal fibrosis, which can lead to phthisis bulbi with profound low vision or even blindness. The purpose of this article is to present the visual rehabilitation of a young patient with pre phthisis bulbi as a complication of the uveitis. During the active stage of the disease the patient quit her studies in a crucial phase of her life. After clinical treatment and surgery, training program of optical device adaptation and residual visual optimization were performed. Due to the great patient's motivation, it was possible to reintegrate her to social life.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

دوره 72 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009