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Case Reports
. 2018 May;66(5):706-708.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_940_17.

Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage secondary to retinal vessel avulsion

Deivy Cruzado-Sanchez  1 , Sergio Mucching-Toscano  2 , Walter A Tellez  2 , Silvio Lujan  1 , Hugo Luglio-Valdivieso  1
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Case Reports

Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage secondary to retinal vessel avulsion

Deivy Cruzado-Sanchez et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 May.

Abstract

Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage is a rare entity, present in 7 out of 100,000 inhabitants. It is associated with different pathologies; however, it is rarely reported to be caused by retinal vessel avulsion syndrome. In the present manuscript, we report a case of avulsion of retinal vessels associated with recurrent vitreous hemorrhage managed, at first, by photocoagulation, but due to the several recurrence of bleeding, the patient went into surgical management.

Keywords: Light coagulation; retinal vessels; vitrectomy; vitreous hemorrhage.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Characteristics of the patient eye at the moment of her admission. (A1) Ocular echography. (A2) Infrared retinography and optic coherence tomography of the macula. (A3) Infrared retinography and optic coherence tomography of the avulsed retinal vessel. (B) After the reabsorption of the vitreous hemorrhage. (B1) Infrared retinography and optic coherence tomography of the avulsed retinal vessel. (B2-B5) Avulsed retinal vessel in multiple captures
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Avulsed retinal vessel with laser scars due to photocoagulation. (b) Different cuts of the avulsed retinal vessel in the optical coherence tomography where V-1, V-2, and V-3 represent the cross-section of the avulsed vessel. (c) Infrared retinography and optic coherence tomography of the macula after surgical approach by pars plana vitrectomy
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