Ischemic retinitis as a result of acute episodic blood loss

Int Ophthalmol. 1998;22(6):331-3. doi: 10.1023/a:1006466003405.

Abstract

Acute episodic blood loss leads to a sudden change in the haemodynamics leading to a number of ocular and systemic effects. Occurrence of ischemic retinitis secondary to acute blood loss is of a very rare occurrence. This communication presents a case of infarction of the nerve fibre layer secondary to acute blood loss in a 55-year-old male.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Anemia / blood
  • Anemia / complications*
  • Anemia / diagnosis
  • Anemia / therapy
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gastroscopy
  • Hematemesis / blood
  • Hematemesis / complications*
  • Hematemesis / diagnosis
  • Hematemesis / therapy
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / etiology*
  • Ischemia / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Disk / pathology
  • Retinal Vessels* / pathology
  • Retinitis / etiology*
  • Retinitis / pathology
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Hemoglobins