Biomedical subjects

F Iturbe

Publications and source records attributed to F Iturbe.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2000

[Primary retinal vasculitis].

CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 22-year-old Caucasian female who consulted because of a brief episode of blurred vision in her right eye. Funduscopic findings in right eye included marked venous tortuousness and roundish paramacular haemorrhages. A slight venous tortuousness in left eye. Fluorescein angiography showed a segmentary retinal vasculitis affecting medium calibre vessels of the posterior pole. Complementary examinations ruled out any systemic involvement. After therapy with oral corticoesteroids the case evolves to remission. DISCUSSION: The diagnosis of retinal vasculitis is achieved by the performance of ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein angiography. Prior studies have ruled out the need for complementary examinations to find any systemic involvement in patients.

Adult↗

PubMed1993

Fatal acute myocardial infarction after intravenous fluorescein angiography.

Since its introduction, fluorescein angiography has been widely used to investigate diseases of the ocular fundus. A case of fatal acute myocardial infarction after intravenous fluorescein angiography is presented. This appears to be the first case documented by autopsy in which the findings are compatible with myocardial infarction as the cause of death. Although there are no known contraindications for fluorescein angiography in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, the indications for this elective procedure should be carefully reviewed in such patients. Adequate emergency resuscitation equipment should be available in the fluorescein angiography suite.

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PubMed1993

[Usher syndrome. Two case reports].

Usher's syndrome is an autosomal, recessively inherited trait that combines a congenital hearing impairment with retinitis pigmentosa. The AA. present the cases of two brothers affected. The actual classification and the last etiopathogenic theories are revised.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1993

Posttraumatic reaction in a case of fundus flavimaculatus with atrophic macular degeneration.

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who had fundus flavimaculatus with atrophic macular degeneration. At the age of 14 years, she suffered mild trauma OD, subsequently developing a fibroglial reaction of the retina and pigmentary migration. The coexistence of both phenomena could be explained by the liberation of growth factors by the damaged retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells as a reaction to the injury and/or by the passage of chemoattractants from the serum through the damaged RPE cell barrier.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1987

[Transurethral resection using glycine irrigation].

An accident is described which occurred during a transurethral resection of a prostatic adenoma using a 1.5% glycine solution in a 68 yr old patient. The surgery was performed under spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine. After 14 l of irrigation fluid had been used, visual disturbances, bilateral mydriasis and drowsiness appeared, with no haemodynamic disturbances. Three hours after the end of surgery, there appeared convulsions, with the blood sodium level at 118 mmol X l-1. Symptomatic treatment resolved the problem, and the clinical examination was normal 12 h after surgery. The role of hyponatraemia in the clinical state is discussed. The usefulness of regional anaesthesia in the early detection of this type of accident is recalled.

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