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Descriptor English: Glaucoma
Descriptor Spanish: Glaucoma
Descriptor glaucoma
Scope note: Enfermedad ocula que se manifiesta de muchos modos, y su característica fundamental es un aumento inestable o mantenido de la presión intraocular que el ojo no puede soportar sin que se dañen sus estructuras o se afecte su función. Las consecuencias del aumento de la presión pueden manifestarse como diversos síntomas, dependiendo del tipo y gravedad, entre ellos, excavación del disco óptico, dureza del globo ocular, anestesia corneal, reducción de la agudeza visual, visión de un halo de colores alrededor de las luces, trastornos en la adaptación a la oscuridad, defectos en el campo visual y cefaleas. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Glaucoma
Descriptor French: Glaucome
Entry term(s): Glaucomas
Tree number(s): C11.525.381
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005901
Scope note: An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Annotation: differentiate from OCULAR HYPERTENSION; / surg: consider FILTERING SURGERY or SCLEROSTOMY or TRABECULECTOMY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Filtering Surgery MeSH
Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome MeSH
Sclerostomy MeSH
Trabeculectomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 28053
Unique ID: D005901
NLM Classification: WW 290
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Glaucoma - Preferred
Concept UI M0009260
Scope note An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Preferred term Glaucoma
Entry term(s) Glaucomas



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