Oclusión de rama venosa de retina

Abstract

In this research work, occlusion of the venous branch at the retinal level was presented with the analysis of a clinical case of the Hospital Provincial General Docente Riobamba, a 53-year-old male patient with a history of ischemic cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes mellitus. arterial hypertension, and deep vein thrombosis in lower limbs, who went to the aforementioned health facility referred to by a city health centre due to decreased visual acuity of the left eye, a complete ophthalmological physical examination was performed, that is, measurement of visual acuity, taking intraocular pressure. fundus and biomicroscope with a slit lamp. Subsequently, as part of the follow-up, in addition to confirming the diagnosis presented by the patient, complementary tests were performed, which consisted of a retina photo, autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Our patient had a favourable evolution in the right eye when placing the lenses according to the indicated measure, his visual acuity improved to 20/20 contrary to the left eye which had a catastrophic outcome with the total loss of vision due to late diagnosis. It is concluded that patients who present with venous occlusions in the retina may have a favourable prognosis, which depends on early diagnosis and treatment, however, the presence of neovascular glaucoma determines a poor prognosis.