A Rare Cause of Unilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Young Patient: Type III Mixed Cryoglobulinemia
Joint Authors
Doguizi, Sibel
Sekeroglu, Mehmet Ali
Anayol, Mustafa Alpaslan
Yilmazbas, Pelin
Source
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To report a young male with unilateral central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) associated with cryoglobulinemia.
Case Presentation.
A 33-year-old male without any known systemic or ocular disorder was admitted to our clinic with a complaint of visual loss for three days in his left eye.
Based on the clinical, laboratory, and ophthalmological assessments, we diagnosed this case as type III mixed cryoglobulinemia with unilateral CRVO with macular edema.
For treatment, two intravitreal ranibizumab injections were administered monthly and oral prednisone (64 mg/day) was begun.
Subsequently, cryoglobulins became undetectable, macular edema decreased, and the visual acuity improved to 20/32 over an 8-week period.
At 24 weeks, the patient’s visual acuity remained 20/32 and no recurrence was observed while the patient was still on prednisone (16 mg/day).
Conclusion.
Cryoglobulinemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the patients with CRVO.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Doguizi, Sibel& Sekeroglu, Mehmet Ali& Anayol, Mustafa Alpaslan& Yilmazbas, Pelin. 2016. A Rare Cause of Unilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Young Patient: Type III Mixed Cryoglobulinemia. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101783
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Doguizi, Sibel…[et al.]. A Rare Cause of Unilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Young Patient: Type III Mixed Cryoglobulinemia. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101783
American Medical Association (AMA)
Doguizi, Sibel& Sekeroglu, Mehmet Ali& Anayol, Mustafa Alpaslan& Yilmazbas, Pelin. A Rare Cause of Unilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Young Patient: Type III Mixed Cryoglobulinemia. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101783
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101783