Good Hope Eye Dept
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Good Hope Hospital Eye Clinic

Case 2: a small branch retinal vein occlusion
David Kinshuck

  • 1931 date of birth, female
  • previous right retinal vein occlusion, 6/24 vision
  • 2010 April
    small left branch retinal vein occlusion
  • grid laser carried out, asked physicians to consider lowering cholesterol (6.0mmol/l). vision 6/12
  • 2010 September
    less retinal oedema on OCT, vision still 6/12 but described as improved
  • Avastin not available, declined, but not recommended (happy with sight, one good eye, etc)
  • it is not clear the laser helped, but for whatever the reason there is an improvement
Cases

 


Photos/scans
Blue arrow

haemorrhage as part of the occlusion (the retinal oedema etc does not show well on this photograph).

yellow arrow shows oedema on scan (intraretinal fluid in the foveal region)
pink arrow less oedema
graph green line...oedema in April; blue line...oedema in September (reduced)

 

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