Retinopatía asociada a distrofia muscular facioescapulohumeral. A propósito de un caso tratado con implante intravítreo de dexametasona y fotocoagulación láser
A.B. González Escobar, I.E. Molina Guilabert, R.M. García Herrera, I.M. Baquero Aranda, R. Luque Aranda, J.M. Galván Cano
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Abstract
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHMD) is a slowly progressive muscular dystrophy that affects especially the muscles of the face, shoulder girdle and upper arms. It may present extramuscular manifestations such as hearing loss and retinopathy. Up to 75% of patients may show alterations in the retinal vasculature such as vascular tortuosity, microaneurysms, telangiectasias, retinal ischemia and exudation, and in less than 1% of cases it may present as Coats-like syndrome. We present a 40-year-old male with FSHMD who, in an ophthalmologic examination, showed exudative retinopathy in his left eye (LE) with peripheral retinal ischemia treated with laser therapy, and macular edema (ME) treated with intravitreal dexamethasone injection (IDI).
We would like to emphasize the importance of performing an ophthalmological examination on all patients with FSHMD to rule out associated retinal pathology, and thus prevent loss of visual acuity (VA) with early treatment.
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La revista Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología, editada mensualmente por la propia Sociedad, tiene como objetivo publicar trabajos de investigación básica y clínica como artículos originales; casos clínicos, innovaciones técnicas y correlaciones clinicopatológicas en forma de comunicaciones cortas; editoriales; revisiones; cartas al editor; comentarios de libros; información de eventos; noticias personales y anuncios comerciales, así como trabajos de temas históricos y motivos inconográficos relacionados con la Oftalmología. El título abreviado es Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol, y debe ser utilizado en bibliografías, notas a pie de página y referencias bibliográficas.