Retinal Vascular Tortuosity and Recurrent Retinal Haemorrhages in a Patient with Non-Chromaffin Paraganglioma

The present report describes the history of a 66-year-old man suffering from recurrent retinal haemorrhages combined with retinal vascular tortuosity. He also developed a non-chromaffin paraganglioma in the neck, and the coincidence of these two rare diseases is discussed.

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Published inOphthalmologica (Basel) Vol. 191; no. 1; pp. 57 - 60
Main Authors Grønvold Olsen, Erling, Ringvold, Amund, Refsum, Sigvald B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland Karger 01.01.1985
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Clinicopathologic Case Report
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Neoplasms - complications
Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal - complications
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal - pathology
Recurrence
Retinal Hemorrhage - etiology
Retinal Vessels
Retinopathies
Time Factors
Retinal haemorrhage
Retinal vascular tortuosity
Non-chromaffin paraganglioma
Human
Retinopathy
Neurogenic tumor
Tortuosity
Paraganglioma
Retina
Recurrent
Hemorrhage
Pathology
Eye disease
Blood vessel
ENT disease
Tumor
Neck
Carotid body
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Summary:The present report describes the history of a 66-year-old man suffering from recurrent retinal haemorrhages combined with retinal vascular tortuosity. He also developed a non-chromaffin paraganglioma in the neck, and the coincidence of these two rare diseases is discussed.
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ISSN:0030-3755
1423-0267
DOI:10.1159/000309541