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Case Reports
. 1982;2(3):155-8.
doi: 10.1097/00006982-198200230-00005.

Macular infarction in sickle cell B+ thalassemia

G K Asdourian, M F Goldberg, M F Rabb
Case Reports

Macular infarction in sickle cell B+ thalassemia

G K Asdourian et al. Retina. 1982.

Abstract

A young black girl with sickle cell B+ thalassemia sustained macular infarction of the right eye due to multiple arteriolar occlusions. Follow-up examination revealed optic atrophy as well as microvascular abnormalities of the right macula. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of macular infarction in sickle cell B+ thalassemia.

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