Ocular findings after bone marrow transplantation in a pediatric population

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 106; no. 8; pp. 1564 - 1570
• Main Authors: Suh, Donny W, Ruttum, Mark S, Stuckenschneider, Bradley J, Mieler, William F, Kivlin, Jane D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Marrow Transplantation - adverse effects; Bone marrow, stem cells transplantation. Graft versus host reaction; Child; Child, Preschool; Eye Diseases - diagnosis; Eye Diseases - etiology; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Hematologic Diseases - therapy; Humans; Infant; Leukemia - therapy; Male; Medical sciences; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy; Visual Acuity; Human; Homograft; Posterior segment; Anterior segment; Retrospective; Eye; Eye disease; Treatment; Surgery; Bone marrow; Graft; Complication; Child; Anterior segment disease

With the increasing use of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in children to treat diseases of the hematopoietic system, ocular complications have been recognized in greater numbers. The authors performed a retrospective study to determine the prevalence and types of ocular abnormalities in a pediatr...