Atypical retinitis proliferans, retinal telangiectasis, and vitreous hemorrhage in a patient with tuberous sclerosis

This report describes an unusual case of recurrent vitreous hemorrhage and atypical retinal neovascularization in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. During three years of observation, the patient also developed retinal telangiectasis with macular edema and lipid exudation. Although the patient did n...

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Published inRetina (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 53
Main Authors Jost, B F, Olk, R J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1986
Subjects
Adult
Eye Diseases
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Hemorrhage - complications
Hemorrhage - pathology
Humans
Male
Retinal Diseases - complications
Retinal Diseases - pathology
Retinitis - complications
Retinitis - pathology
Telangiectasis - complications
Telangiectasis - pathology
Tuberous Sclerosis - complications
Vitreous Body
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Summary:This report describes an unusual case of recurrent vitreous hemorrhage and atypical retinal neovascularization in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. During three years of observation, the patient also developed retinal telangiectasis with macular edema and lipid exudation. Although the patient did not have an obvious astrocytic hamartoma, a diffuse, flat retinal hamartoma within the nerve fiber layer was suspected.
ISSN:0275-004X
1539-2864
DOI:10.1097/00006982-198600610-00004