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Retinopathy of blood dyscrasias
1Eye Clinic-Brockton/W. Roxbury V.A.M.C., MA 02132.
Journal of the American Optometric Association
|November 1, 1993
Abstract
Background:
Retinopathy often accompanies blood dyscrasias.
Methods:
Three cases are presented: 1) a 75-year old patient with anemia of chronic disease, extensive posterior pole hemorrhaging and ischemic changes, 2) a 70-year old patient in whom retinopathy was the presenting sign of his chronic myelocytic leukemia and 3) a 56-year old patient with polycythemic retinopathy and papilledema.
Results And Conclusions:
These unusual cases are presented with a general discussion of retinal vascular manifestations of blood dyscrasia.