Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection

Sub-internal limiting membrane (sub-ILM) hemorrhage is a relatively rare disease which is associated with different etiologies and often leads to loss of visual acuity. We report two cases of sub-ILM hemorrhage, both confirmed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and treated with an intravitreal in...

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Autores principales: Chou, Yu-Kang, Huang, Yi-Ming, Lin, Po-Kang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjo.2014.10.006
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description Sub-internal limiting membrane (sub-ILM) hemorrhage is a relatively rare disease which is associated with different etiologies and often leads to loss of visual acuity. We report two cases of sub-ILM hemorrhage, both confirmed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and treated with an intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) followed by an octafluoropropane (C(3)F(8)) pneumopexy and a strict postoperative prone positioning. The hemorrhage was totally resolved and complete visual recovery was achieved in both cases. We found tPA hemolysis with C(3)F(8) pneumopexy to be a safe and effective method for treating sub-ILM hemorrhage.
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spelling pubmed-56021422017-10-10 Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection Chou, Yu-Kang Huang, Yi-Ming Lin, Po-Kang Taiwan J Ophthalmol Case Report Sub-internal limiting membrane (sub-ILM) hemorrhage is a relatively rare disease which is associated with different etiologies and often leads to loss of visual acuity. We report two cases of sub-ILM hemorrhage, both confirmed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and treated with an intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) followed by an octafluoropropane (C(3)F(8)) pneumopexy and a strict postoperative prone positioning. The hemorrhage was totally resolved and complete visual recovery was achieved in both cases. We found tPA hemolysis with C(3)F(8) pneumopexy to be a safe and effective method for treating sub-ILM hemorrhage. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 2014-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5602142/ /pubmed/29018700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjo.2014.10.006 Text en Copyright: © 2014, The Ophthalmologic Society of Taiwan http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
title Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
title_full Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
title_fullStr Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
title_full_unstemmed Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
title_short Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
title_sort sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage treated with intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator followed by octafluoropropane gas injection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjo.2014.10.006
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