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MACULOPATHIE HYPOTONIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

Hypotony maculopathy is retinopathy associated with hypotonicity of the globe ... Surgery, especially for the treatment of glaucoma (20%) ... may be complicated by hypotony and subsequent retinal changes. This condition may also occur after perforating eye injuries. ... The signs of hypotony maculopathy in the fundus view include papilledema, retinal vascular tortuosity, full-thickness retinal and choroidal folds, and choroidal vessel dilation and engorgement. Collapse of the inward scleral wall may lead to chorioretinal wrinkling.

OBS

hypotony; hypotonia: A state of reduced pressure of the intra-ocular fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

[...] maculopathie hypotonique : plis choriorétiniens, œdème papillaire [...]

Spanish

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