Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage secondary to retinal vessel avulsion

Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage is a rare entity, present in 7 out of 100,000 inhabitants. It is associated with different pathologies; however, it is rarely reported to be caused by retinal vessel avulsion syndrome. In the present manuscript, we report a case of avulsion of retinal vessels associat...

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Autores principales: Cruzado-Sanchez, Deivy, Mucching-Toscano, Sergio, Tellez, Walter A, Lujan, Silvio, Luglio-Valdivieso, Hugo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5939173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29676325
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_940_17
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Sumario:Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage is a rare entity, present in 7 out of 100,000 inhabitants. It is associated with different pathologies; however, it is rarely reported to be caused by retinal vessel avulsion syndrome. In the present manuscript, we report a case of avulsion of retinal vessels associated with recurrent vitreous hemorrhage managed, at first, by photocoagulation, but due to the several recurrence of bleeding, the patient went into surgical management.

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