Mi SciELO
Servicios Personalizados
Revista
Articulo
Indicadores
Citado por SciELO
Accesos
Links relacionados
Citado por Google
Similares en SciELO
Similares en Google
Compartir
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
versión impresa ISSN 0365-6691
Resumen
ASENSIO SANCHEZ, VM; NARROS GIMENEZ, A y CARRASCO, E. Progression of thyroid orbit disease after retrobulbar anesthesia. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2004, vol.79, n.11, pp.561-563. ISSN 0365-6691.
Case report: We present a 71 year-old woman with good control of her eye disease who developed a severe Graves' ophthalmopathy after retrobulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery. Discussion: Local pressure in the retrobulbar compartment can cause the development of a severe ophthalmopathy in a patient with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Palabras clave : Graves' ophthalmopathy; retrobulbar anesthesia; local trauma.