Retinal vein occlusion and papillitis in serpiginous choroidopathy
Athanasios I Kotsolis1, Hema K Karamchandani, Nolan Hathaway
1From the *LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center/Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; †Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, New York; and ‡Beaumont Eye Institute, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Background:
Inflammation of the optic nerve associated with central retinal vein occlusion is a well-documented disorder known as papillophlebitis, which occurs in young adults.
Purpose:
To report two cases of serpiginous choroidopathy complicated by retinal vein occlusion in association with papillitis.
Methods:
Two patients with serpiginous choroidopathy were examined during their acute and follow-up periods.
Results:
One patient developed a central retinal vein occlusion and the other a branch retinal vein occlusion. In both cases, the occlusion was associated with segmental edema of the optic nerve (papillitis).
Conclusion:
Serpiginous choroidopathy may rarely be complicated by retinal vein occlusion from papillitis.
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