{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Unsuccessful transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in oculocutaneous albinism.
{Author}: Dotson AD;Fingert JH;Boese EA;
{Journal}: Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
{Volume}: 34
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 Jun
暂无{DOI}: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102020
{Abstract}: UNASSIGNED: To report a case of unsuccessful transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in a patient with OCA1A tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism.
UNASSIGNED: A 35-year-old Asian female with molecularly diagnosed OCA1A (tyrosinase-negative) oculocutaneous albinism and unilateral severe mixed mechanism glaucoma underwent transscleral cyclophotocoagulation on two separate occasions to treat elevated intraocular pressure. The intraocular pressure remained markedly elevated approximately 1 month following two separate treatments of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation while using high energy settings. The poor efficacy of both cyclophotocoagulation treatments was most likely due to a lack of melanin in the setting of oculocutaneous albinism.
UNASSIGNED: Cyclophotocoagulation in patients with oculocutaneous albinism is less likely to yield a desired lowering of intraocular pressure due to the absence of melanin.