Chronic granulomatous disease and neovascularisation causing a vitreous haemorrhage

The authors report the case of a 9-year-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease with longstanding inactive chorioretinal lesions developing a spontaneous vitreous haemorrhage. This was due to an undetected branch retinal vein occlusion and was successfully treated with retinal photocoagulation (l...

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Published in:	BMJ case reports Vol. 2010; no. dec21 1; p. bcr0720103179
Main Authors:	Baxter, Julia, Gandhewar, Ravikiran, Holden, Roger
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 29-12-2010 BMJ Publishing Group
Series:	Rare disease
Subjects:	Child Europe (West) Granulomatous Disease, Chronic - complications Humans Male Rare Disease Retina Retinal Neovascularization - complications Vitreous Hemorrhage - etiology White
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Summary:	The authors report the case of a 9-year-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease with longstanding inactive chorioretinal lesions developing a spontaneous vitreous haemorrhage. This was due to an undetected branch retinal vein occlusion and was successfully treated with retinal photocoagulation (laser).
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	1757-790X 1757-790X
DOI:	10.1136/bcr.07.2010.3179