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Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration

BACKGROUND: Hyperlipidemia is an identified factor of premature vessel atherosclerosis. Lipemia retinalis is an unusual retinal manifestation of hyperlipidemia and is thought to be directly correlated with the serum triglyceride level. CASE REPORT: This paper discusses the case of a 55-year-old pati...

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Autores principales: Rymarz, Ewa, Matysik-WoŸniak, Anna, Baltaziak, Lucyna, Prystupa, Andrzej, Sak, Jarosław, Grzybowski, Andrzej
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22847206
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.883257
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author Rymarz, Ewa
Matysik-WoŸniak, Anna
Baltaziak, Lucyna
Prystupa, Andrzej
Sak, Jarosław
Grzybowski, Andrzej
author_facet Rymarz, Ewa
Matysik-WoŸniak, Anna
Baltaziak, Lucyna
Prystupa, Andrzej
Sak, Jarosław
Grzybowski, Andrzej
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description BACKGROUND: Hyperlipidemia is an identified factor of premature vessel atherosclerosis. Lipemia retinalis is an unusual retinal manifestation of hyperlipidemia and is thought to be directly correlated with the serum triglyceride level. CASE REPORT: This paper discusses the case of a 55-year-old patient with lipemia retinalis, which deteriorated his visual acuity. The patient had an extremely high serum cholesterol level (1053 mg/dl) and a very high level of triglycerides (1513 mg/dl). The normalization of serum lipids, reversion of retinal vessels alterations and visual acuity improvement was achieved after an intensive statin lipid-lowering therapy. Pathological changes of the patient’s retina, connected with lipemia retinalis, disappeared completely. CONCLUSIONS: Hyperlipidemia can cause lipemia retinalis, which is characterized by the hyperlipidemic vascular lesions-whitish color of vessels, lipid infiltration into the retina and decrease of visual acuity. The lipid-lowering therapy may lead to the normalization of the appearance of the fundus and restore the visual acuity.
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spelling pubmed-35607072013-04-24 Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration Rymarz, Ewa Matysik-WoŸniak, Anna Baltaziak, Lucyna Prystupa, Andrzej Sak, Jarosław Grzybowski, Andrzej Med Sci Monit Case Study BACKGROUND: Hyperlipidemia is an identified factor of premature vessel atherosclerosis. Lipemia retinalis is an unusual retinal manifestation of hyperlipidemia and is thought to be directly correlated with the serum triglyceride level. CASE REPORT: This paper discusses the case of a 55-year-old patient with lipemia retinalis, which deteriorated his visual acuity. The patient had an extremely high serum cholesterol level (1053 mg/dl) and a very high level of triglycerides (1513 mg/dl). The normalization of serum lipids, reversion of retinal vessels alterations and visual acuity improvement was achieved after an intensive statin lipid-lowering therapy. Pathological changes of the patient’s retina, connected with lipemia retinalis, disappeared completely. CONCLUSIONS: Hyperlipidemia can cause lipemia retinalis, which is characterized by the hyperlipidemic vascular lesions-whitish color of vessels, lipid infiltration into the retina and decrease of visual acuity. The lipid-lowering therapy may lead to the normalization of the appearance of the fundus and restore the visual acuity. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3560707/ /pubmed/22847206 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.883257 Text en © Med Sci Monit, 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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Matysik-WoŸniak, Anna
Baltaziak, Lucyna
Prystupa, Andrzej
Sak, Jarosław
Grzybowski, Andrzej
Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
title Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
title_full Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
title_fullStr Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
title_full_unstemmed Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
title_short Lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
title_sort lipemia retinalis – an unusual cause of visual acuity deterioration
topic Case Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22847206
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.883257
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