• Title of article

    Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vaculopathy and ickle cell retinopathy

  • Author/Authors

    Robert E. mith، نويسنده , , Kimberly Wie، نويسنده , , Ronald M. Kingley، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    544
  • To page
    546
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report a patient who had concomitant idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vaculopathy and ickle cell retinopathy. METHOD: Cae report. A 46-year-old black woman preented with udden onet of “blurring” in the left eye. Her ocular hitory wa unremarkable, and her medical hitory wa relevant for ickle cell dieae with yearly epiode of ickle cell crie. REULT: Both eye had evidence of idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vaculopathy and peripheral retinal neovacularization econdary to ickle cell dieae. The left eye had hemorrhagic retinal pigment epithelial detachment econdary to idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vaculopathy. CONCLUION: We preent thi cae a an example of concomitant ickle cell retinopathy and idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vaculopathy. We are unaware of previou report with thee finding.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    622769