[Incidence of lipid changes in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, retinal vein occlusion and primary chronic...

Several studies suggest that vascular factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, retinal vein occlusion and primary chronic glaucoma. We explored the lipoprotein abnormalities in three groups of 45 patients suffering from each of these diseases compared to three control groups. We did not find significant abnormalities of cholesterol, cholesterol lipoproteins, nor Apolipoprotein B. The only significant abnormality was the presence of a higher rate of hypertriglyceridemia in the retinal vein occlusion and primary chronic glaucoma groups in comparison with their control group. In these two affections, hypertriglyceridemia should be systematically researched and treated.