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Grade III lipaemia retinalis in a newborn
Author(s) -
Čermàkovà Ivet,
Pettenazzo Andrea,
Perrone Salvatore,
Burlina Alberto,
Zannin Maria Elisabetta
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01581.x
Subject(s) - medicine , jaundice , gastroenterology , pediatrics
Lipaemia retinalis, first described in 1880 and recently recognized as a paediatric disease, occurs rarely in patients with hyperlipidaemia. In typical cases, opthalmoscopy evidences creamy-white retinal vessels. Although the picture is graded clinically (table 1), grade III cases are extremely rare