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Comments and Conclusions • Sickle cell is one of the most common genetic disorders encountered clinically and has myriad retinal presentations. • A central retinal artery occlusion in a sickle cell anemia (SS) or sickle cell disease (SC) patient may be due to dehydration6 such as in this case. • If diagnosed early, blood transfusion6
Differential Diagnosis? (from RR #29) • Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy (PSR) OD>OS • Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy • PDR: (typically mid-peripheral and posterior pole, has to be DM (+)) • BRVO/CRVO: (no signs of it, no associated systemic diseases, young patient) • ROP: (patient is a normal term baby) • FamilIal Exudative Vitreoretinopathy: (no
Case 2: Optomap® Fundus Image Comparisons of Right Eye Multiple peripheral vascular occlusions lead to hypoxic events that trigger growth of new vessels in a "seafan" pattern. Later stages result in fibrovascular proliferation.
Case 2: Typical retinal vascular changes in Sickle Cell Retinopathy have been presented in detail in RR #29. See RR #29 for full details.
