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Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia

PURPOSE: To report a bilateral leukocoria case in a patient suffering from afibrinogenemia. METHODS: An observational case where congenital afibrinogenemia was presented with bilateral retinal and vitreous hemorrhages that proceeded to vitreoretinal surgery was presented. In addition, complete ophth...

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Autores principales: Demir, M Necati, Acar, Mehmet Akif, Aral, Yusuf Ziya, Ünlü, Nurten
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668740
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author Demir, M Necati
Acar, Mehmet Akif
Aral, Yusuf Ziya
Ünlü, Nurten
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Aral, Yusuf Ziya
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description PURPOSE: To report a bilateral leukocoria case in a patient suffering from afibrinogenemia. METHODS: An observational case where congenital afibrinogenemia was presented with bilateral retinal and vitreous hemorrhages that proceeded to vitreoretinal surgery was presented. In addition, complete ophthalmic and radiological examinations and vitreoretinal surgery were performed. RESULTS: Right eye had a complete recovery while the left eye showed serious proliferative vitreoretinopathy and shortened retina. Three years after the surgery clinical examination showed that the right eye was aphacic with an attached retina and clear ocular media while the left eye was phtysic. CONCLUSION: We recommend broad clotting profile for infants suffering from vitreous or retinal hemorrhages with no obvious physical abuse. Our present case furthermore implies that afibrinogenemia can lie beneath the pathogenesis of bilateral leukocoria and should alert physician for the presence of an afibrinogenemia among several types of bleeding predispositions.
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spelling pubmed-26939752009-08-10 Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia Demir, M Necati Acar, Mehmet Akif Aral, Yusuf Ziya Ünlü, Nurten Clin Ophthalmol Case Report PURPOSE: To report a bilateral leukocoria case in a patient suffering from afibrinogenemia. METHODS: An observational case where congenital afibrinogenemia was presented with bilateral retinal and vitreous hemorrhages that proceeded to vitreoretinal surgery was presented. In addition, complete ophthalmic and radiological examinations and vitreoretinal surgery were performed. RESULTS: Right eye had a complete recovery while the left eye showed serious proliferative vitreoretinopathy and shortened retina. Three years after the surgery clinical examination showed that the right eye was aphacic with an attached retina and clear ocular media while the left eye was phtysic. CONCLUSION: We recommend broad clotting profile for infants suffering from vitreous or retinal hemorrhages with no obvious physical abuse. Our present case furthermore implies that afibrinogenemia can lie beneath the pathogenesis of bilateral leukocoria and should alert physician for the presence of an afibrinogenemia among several types of bleeding predispositions. Dove Medical Press 2008-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2693975/ /pubmed/19668740 Text en © 2008 Demir et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Demir, M Necati
Acar, Mehmet Akif
Aral, Yusuf Ziya
Ünlü, Nurten
Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
title Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
title_full Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
title_fullStr Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
title_short Bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
title_sort bilateral leukocoria in infant with afibrinogenemia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668740
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