Central retinal vein occlusion: Report of two familial cases

N. Bhagat, M. F. Goldberg, P. Gascon, W. Bell, J. Haberman, Marco A. Zarbin

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Abstract

The authors report a 46-year-old father and 17-year-old son who each presented with unilateral central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and bilateral abnormalities of retinal vascular perfusion. The son presented with a nonperfused CRVO in the left eye, developed traction-rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treated with vitreous surgery, and developed prolonged arteriovenous filling in the retina of the fellow eye. The father presented with progressive CRVO in the right eye, developed choroido-vitreal neovascularization following laser treatment to create a chorioretinal anastomosis, underwent vitrectomy for retinal detachment and vitreous hemorrhage in that eye, and developed prolonged arm-eye and retinal arteriovenous circulation times in the fellow eye. An extensive evaluation (including hematological studies and imaging of the major vessels of the neck) failed to reveal a predisposing cause in either patient although echocardiography disclosed a mitral valve thrombus in the father. After institution of coumadin therapy, the circulatory parameters in the fellow eye of each patient improved.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)181-195
Number of pages15
JournalEuropean Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Coumadin
  • Familial
  • Retinal vein occlusion
  • Surgery

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