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A severe neovascular glaucoma

DOI: 10.37039/1982.8551.20220039

The term “neovascular glaucoma” (NVG) was proposed by Weiss in 1963, although this disease has received different names, such as congestive, rubeotic congestion, rubeotic and hemorrhagic glaucoma.⁽⁾

This occurs as a result of a chronic and maintained lack of oxygen (ischemia) in the retina, which stimulates the formation of new blood vessels in an attempt to better oxygenate an ischemic retina (A phenomenon called neovascularization).⁽⁾

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