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Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a common pathology of the retinal vasculature. Patients with CRVO usually present with a drop in visual acuity. The condition bears no specific therapy; treatment is aimed at the management of potentially blinding complications, of which there are many. With...

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Autores principales: Narang, Subina, Gupta, Panchmi, Sharma, Anuj, Sood, Sunandan, Palta, Anshu, Goyal, Shilpa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27555710
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.186113
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author Narang, Subina
Gupta, Panchmi
Sharma, Anuj
Sood, Sunandan
Palta, Anshu
Goyal, Shilpa
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description Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a common pathology of the retinal vasculature. Patients with CRVO usually present with a drop in visual acuity. The condition bears no specific therapy; treatment is aimed at the management of potentially blinding complications, of which there are many. With majority of cases being unilateral, bilateral CRVO is usually associated with an underlying systemic illness such as a hyperviscosity syndrome. Here, we present a case of a patient, who presented with a bilateral drop in vision diagnosed as bilateral CRVO on ophthalmic evaluation. Systemic workup revealed the presence of an underlying undiagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia. An initial presentation to the ophthalmologist is a rare occurrence in leukemic patients. This case report highlights the role of the ophthalmologist in diagnosing a potentially life-threatening hematological illness.
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spelling pubmed-49681472016-08-23 Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Narang, Subina Gupta, Panchmi Sharma, Anuj Sood, Sunandan Palta, Anshu Goyal, Shilpa Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a common pathology of the retinal vasculature. Patients with CRVO usually present with a drop in visual acuity. The condition bears no specific therapy; treatment is aimed at the management of potentially blinding complications, of which there are many. With majority of cases being unilateral, bilateral CRVO is usually associated with an underlying systemic illness such as a hyperviscosity syndrome. Here, we present a case of a patient, who presented with a bilateral drop in vision diagnosed as bilateral CRVO on ophthalmic evaluation. Systemic workup revealed the presence of an underlying undiagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia. An initial presentation to the ophthalmologist is a rare occurrence in leukemic patients. This case report highlights the role of the ophthalmologist in diagnosing a potentially life-threatening hematological illness. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4968147/ /pubmed/27555710 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.186113 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
title Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
title_full Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
title_fullStr Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
title_short Bilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion as Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
title_sort bilateral central retinal vein occlusion as presenting feature of chronic myeloid leukemia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27555710
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.186113
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