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. 2023 Feb 21;16(1):192-194.
doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_37_22. eCollection 2023 Jan-Apr.

Roth spots revealing idiopathic aplastic anemia

Amine Zahaf  1   2 , Houda Lajmi  1   2 , Malek Belhaj  1 , Camelia Chaftar  1 , Besma Ben Achour  1   2 , Wassim Hmaied  1   2
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Roth spots revealing idiopathic aplastic anemia

Amine Zahaf et al. Oman J Ophthalmol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Aplastic anemia; Roth spots; hyaloidotomy; neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser; subhyaloid hemorrhage.

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Fundus photograph showing premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage (blue arrow) and Roth spots (yellow arrow). (a) Right eye. (b) Left eye
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Fundus photograph of the left eye after Nd:YAG laser hyaloidotomy. Nd:YAG: Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Fundus photograph immediately after treatment by Nd:YAG laser hyaloidotomy of a very large subhyaloid hemorrhage of the right eye showing the blood slowly started to spread into the vitreous body space. Nd:YAG: Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet
Figure 4:
Figure 4:
Fundus photograph 2 days after Nd: YAG laser hyaloidotomy of the right eye showing the beginning of clearance of the blood in front of the fovea. Nd:YAG: Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet
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