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Bilateral retinal vein occlusion associated with 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutation
A Loewenstein1, A Winder, M Goldstein
1Department of Ophthalmology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
Purpose:
To report on the occurrence of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency, known to cause mild to moderate hyperhomocystinemia and increased risk of vascular occlusive disease, in a young patient with bilateral central retinal vein occlusion.
Methods:
A 25-year-old man was initially examined with central retinal vein occlusion in the right eye, followed 4 months later by a central retinal vein occlusion in the left eye. Studies for risk factors predisposing to thrombosis were performed.
Results:
Hematologic studies failed to detect any pathology. However, the patient was found to be homozygous for 677C-T mutation in MTHFR enzyme.
Conclusion:
Central retinal vein occlusion may be associated with a mutation in MTHFR.