Abstract
A 42-year-old woman with sickle cell anemia and proliferative retinopathy underwent neodymium-YAG laser therapy for a taut posterior hyaloid membrane causing peripapillary and peripheral traction detachment of the retina. Vitrectomy was not done because the patient required anticoagulation. A Q-switched YAG laser was capable of cutting holes in the taut membrane, but treatment 2 to 3 mm from the retina resulted in microperforation of a retinal vein and focal areas of damage to the retinal pigment epithelium. The damage to the retinal pigment epithelium was not immediately apparent, and ophthalmoscopically visible lesions were seen only when the patient was reexamined 48 hours later.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 326-329 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American journal of ophthalmology |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1983 |
Funding
From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois. This study was supported in part by Comprehensive Sickle Cell Grant PHS HL 15168 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Dr. Jampol); Core Grant EY 1792 from the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; and an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York City, New York.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology