Abstract
We present a case of bilateral severe retinal edema with subretinal fluid in an infant diagnosed with neonatal hemochromatosis and liver failure. A macular cherry-red spot in each eye mimicked the clinical appearance of many metabolic storage diseases. Both the clinical retinal appearance and the anatomic abnormalities observed on spectral domain optical coherence tomography resolved after successful liver transplant.
Copyright © 2011 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Functional Laterality
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Hemochromatosis / complications*
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Hemochromatosis / diagnosis
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Hemochromatosis / surgery
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Liver Failure / complications*
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Liver Failure / diagnosis
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Liver Failure / surgery
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Liver Transplantation
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Macular Edema / diagnosis
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Macular Edema / etiology*
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Macular Edema / physiopathology*
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Male
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Retinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
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Retinal Hemorrhage / etiology
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Subretinal Fluid
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Tomography, Optical Coherence