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Sickle retinopathy in patients with sickle trait
H Jackson1, C R Bentley, M Hingorani
1St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Eye (London, England)
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Sickle trait is traditionally considered a benign condition by ophthalmologists. Three cases of sickle retinopathy in subjects with sickle trait are reported. In all cases the onset of retinopathy was related to other contributing factors: in one case a traumatic hyphaema and raised intraocular pressure, in two others diabetes mellitus. Patients with sickle trait are at risk of retinopathy if coincident ocular or systemic disease is present.