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Nonischemic Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in an Adolescent Patient with Ulcerative Colitis
Author(s) -
Deepak Vayalambrone,
Tsveta Ivanova,
Aseema Misra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in ophthalmological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6722
pISSN - 2090-6730
DOI - 10.1155/2011/963583
Subject(s) - medicine , central retinal vein occlusion , ulcerative colitis , inflammatory bowel disease , central retinal vein , occlusion , retinal vein , thrombosis , ophthalmology , population , retinal , vascular occlusion , disease , macular edema , environmental health
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can present with extraintestinal manifestations occasionally involving the eye. Retinal vein occlusions are rarely seen and have never been reported in the pediatric population though vascular thrombosis can be associated with IBD. Here, we present a case of what we believe is the youngest reported patient with nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).

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