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The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery
A 22-year-old female was admitted with fever,disorientation and sudden decrease of vision in the emergency. Her evaluation showed tachycardia of 100/min and blood pressure of 90/70 with severe pallor. Her fundus examination showed findings of massive preretinal haemorrhage and Roth spots primarily r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110874 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_577_20 |
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author | Jojo, Vijaya Singh, Poonam |
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description | A 22-year-old female was admitted with fever,disorientation and sudden decrease of vision in the emergency. Her evaluation showed tachycardia of 100/min and blood pressure of 90/70 with severe pallor. Her fundus examination showed findings of massive preretinal haemorrhage and Roth spots primarily restricted to the posterior pole. The ophthalmologist's findings were strongly suspicious of retinopathy associated with Haemoglobinopathies, blood tests revealed her to have a hemoglobin of 1.8 gm/dL and other reports suggestive of severe B12 and Folate deficiency. She also had systemic findings of gross anemia. After ruling out other causes of anemia she was finally diagnosed as a case of Megaloblastic anemia with decreased vision and retinopathy as a very noteworthy feature. She was treated with blood transfusions and B12 and Folate supplementation which showed a prompt response in the resolution of haemorrhages and once stable was discharged home. |
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spelling | pubmed-75865142020-10-26 The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery Jojo, Vijaya Singh, Poonam J Family Med Prim Care Case Report A 22-year-old female was admitted with fever,disorientation and sudden decrease of vision in the emergency. Her evaluation showed tachycardia of 100/min and blood pressure of 90/70 with severe pallor. Her fundus examination showed findings of massive preretinal haemorrhage and Roth spots primarily restricted to the posterior pole. The ophthalmologist's findings were strongly suspicious of retinopathy associated with Haemoglobinopathies, blood tests revealed her to have a hemoglobin of 1.8 gm/dL and other reports suggestive of severe B12 and Folate deficiency. She also had systemic findings of gross anemia. After ruling out other causes of anemia she was finally diagnosed as a case of Megaloblastic anemia with decreased vision and retinopathy as a very noteworthy feature. She was treated with blood transfusions and B12 and Folate supplementation which showed a prompt response in the resolution of haemorrhages and once stable was discharged home. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7586514/ /pubmed/33110874 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_577_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jojo, Vijaya Singh, Poonam The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery |
title | The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery |
title_full | The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery |
title_fullStr | The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery |
title_full_unstemmed | The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery |
title_short | The eye: A lifesaver! An unusual case of Anemic Retinopathy secondary to Malnutrition and its recovery |
title_sort | eye: a lifesaver! an unusual case of anemic retinopathy secondary to malnutrition and its recovery |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110874 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_577_20 |
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