Sickle cell-hemoglobin C retinopathy: transient obstruction of retinal and choroidal circulations and transient drying out of retinal neovessels

Alessandro Mantovani; Innocente Figini

doi:10.1007/s10792-008-9199-1

Sickle cell-hemoglobin C retinopathy: transient obstruction of retinal and choroidal circulations and transient drying out of retinal neovessels

Int Ophthalmol. 2008 Apr;28(2):135-7. doi: 10.1007/s10792-008-9199-1. Epub 2008 Feb 23.

Authors

Alessandro Mantovani¹, Innocente Figini

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Valduce Hospital, Como, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 18297241
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-008-9199-1

Abstract

We present a case of sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease that presented acute retinal and choroidal peripheral non-perfusion on the base of chronic microvascular obstruction, which transiently closed retinal neovessels.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Choroid / blood supply*
Fluorescein Angiography
Hemoglobin SC Disease / complications*
Humans
Male
Retinal Diseases / complications*
Retinal Diseases / pathology
Retinal Neovascularization / complications
Retinal Neovascularization / pathology
Retinal Vessels / pathology*