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Active Spontaneous Bleeding From Optic Disc Neovascularization During Fluorescein Angiography
Jaime Levy, MD;
Gideon Rosenthal, MD;
Itamar Klemperer, MD;
Marina Schneck, MD;
Tova Lifshitz, MD
Beer Sheva, Israel
Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:1766.
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A 39-YEAR-OLD man sought treatment for decreased vision in both eyes of 2 months' duration. Visual acuity was 20/400 OU. Fundus examination showed optic disc swelling, diffuse hemorrhages, and macular edema (Figure 1). Workup revealed Philadelphia-chromosome–positive chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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Figure 1. Initial fundus photographs of the right (A) and left (B) eyes show optic disc swelling and diffuse and massive flame-shaped and preretinal hemorrhages.
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Fluorescein angiography demonstrated extensive areas of blockage and microaneurysms (Figure 2). Three minutes after the fluorescein injection, active bleeding from the optic disc neovascularization was noted (Figure 3).
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Figure 2. A transit-phase fluorescein angiogram of the right eye shows extensive zones of blockage secondary to retinal hemorrhages and microaneurysms.
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Figure 3. Three minutes 43 seconds after the fluorescein injection, blockage from the disc hemorrhage began . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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