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Sickle cell-hemoglobin C retinopathy: transient obstruction of retinal and choroidal circulations and transient drying out of retinal neovessels.

Abstract
We present a case of sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease that presented acute retinal and choroidal peripheral non-perfusion on the base of chronic microvascular obstruction, which transiently closed retinal neovessels.
AuthorsAlessandro Mantovani, Innocente Figini
JournalInternational ophthalmology (Int Ophthalmol) Vol. 28 Issue 2 Pg. 135-7 (Apr 2008) ISSN: 0165-5701 [Print] Netherlands
PMID18297241 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Choroid (blood supply)
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Hemoglobin SC Disease (complications)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retinal Diseases (complications, pathology)
  • Retinal Neovascularization (complications, pathology)
  • Retinal Vessels (pathology)

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