Intense Exercise Causing Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Young Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

We report a 19-year-old patient who developed a central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with significant macular edema and visual impairment following intense exercise and dehydration. The patient was treated with 3 intravitreal bevacizumab injections with complete resolution. A review of the literatu...

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Published inCase reports in ophthalmology Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 116 - 120
Main Authors Moisseiev, Elad, Sagiv, Oded, Lazar, Moshe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 05.04.2014
Karger Publishers
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Bevacizumab
Central retinal vein occlusion
Macular edema
Published: April 2014
Central retinal vein occlusion
Macular edema
Bevacizumab
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Summary:We report a 19-year-old patient who developed a central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with significant macular edema and visual impairment following intense exercise and dehydration. The patient was treated with 3 intravitreal bevacizumab injections with complete resolution. A review of the literature on the cause and treatment for CRVO in young patients was performed, focusing on the role of intense exercise and dehydration as a rare pathogenesis mechanism of CRVO.
ISSN:1663-2699
1663-2699
DOI:10.1159/000360904