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The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report
BACKGROUND: The natural course of a vortex vein varix, though not well understood, has been known to remain stable. However, here we report a novel case of a vortex vein varix that resolved after an extended period of monitoring. CASE PRESENTATION: An asymptomatic 96-year-old Caucasian man was found...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7903696/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01861-2 |
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description | BACKGROUND: The natural course of a vortex vein varix, though not well understood, has been known to remain stable. However, here we report a novel case of a vortex vein varix that resolved after an extended period of monitoring. CASE PRESENTATION: An asymptomatic 96-year-old Caucasian man was found to have a vortex vein varix. At his previous examination 13 months prior, his fundus was normal. At 13 months of observation, his vortex vein varix become clinically undetectable. Further follow-up confirmed continued absence of the varix. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates the development then clinical resolution of a vortex vein varix with no clear identifiable factors for its evolution. This case is novel and offers new insight into the natural history of some vortex vein varices, implicating venous congestion as an instigator and venous collateralization as its alleviator, suggesting that vortex vein varices are likely more common than previously reported since some may be temporary and under-identified. |
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spelling | pubmed-79036962021-03-01 The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report Weidmayer, Sara L Demirci, Hakan BMC Ophthalmol Case Report BACKGROUND: The natural course of a vortex vein varix, though not well understood, has been known to remain stable. However, here we report a novel case of a vortex vein varix that resolved after an extended period of monitoring. CASE PRESENTATION: An asymptomatic 96-year-old Caucasian man was found to have a vortex vein varix. At his previous examination 13 months prior, his fundus was normal. At 13 months of observation, his vortex vein varix become clinically undetectable. Further follow-up confirmed continued absence of the varix. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates the development then clinical resolution of a vortex vein varix with no clear identifiable factors for its evolution. This case is novel and offers new insight into the natural history of some vortex vein varices, implicating venous congestion as an instigator and venous collateralization as its alleviator, suggesting that vortex vein varices are likely more common than previously reported since some may be temporary and under-identified. BioMed Central 2021-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7903696/ /pubmed/33627084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01861-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Weidmayer, Sara L Demirci, Hakan The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
title | The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
title_full | The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
title_fullStr | The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
title_full_unstemmed | The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
title_short | The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
title_sort | spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7903696/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01861-2 |
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