Publications by authors named "A Serra-Castanera"
Posterior embryotoxon as the initial ophthalmological sign of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
February 2024
Neonatal glaucoma associated with juvenile xanthogranuloma: Case report.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol
August 2017
Case Report: The case concerns a 22 day-old male child with juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG), which manifested as a unilateral glaucoma and with fibrinous haemorrhagic exudate in the anterior chamber affecting the angle of the right eye. Despite a high level of suspicion, the definitive diagnosis was not possible until the infant reached the age of 10 months, after the appearance of the skin lesions typical of this condition and histopathological study of them.
Conclusion: JXG is a rare disease, characterised by yellowish skin lesions on the trunk, neck, or head.
Objective: To prepare a protocol for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) agreed by the majority of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to this topic.
Material And Method: A draft of the protocol was produced taking into account the experience of the participants and up to date publications. This draft was corrected by all the ophthalmologists participating in the project, and the final document was agreed by all of them.
Objective: To prepare a retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening program as agreed by most of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to this topic.
Materials And Methods: A draft of the protocol was produced taking into account the experience of the participants and current publications. This draft was corrected by all the ophthalmologists participating in the project and the final document produced was agreed by all of them.
Introduction: The syndrome of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a mitochondrial disease characterized by ptosis and ophthalmoplegia has that has been associated to the presence of large deletion, single or multiple, in the mitochondrial DNA of skeletal muscle.
Case Report: We report a familiar case of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia of maternal inheritance that began at birth, and developed with slow progression but with no multisystemic involvement. Non of the affected individuals had ragged-red fibers in skeletal muscle.