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- Published on: 22 October 2007
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- Published on: 22 October 2007Sudden lowering of IOP may cause posterior segment bleeding by three different mechanismsShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the report by Alwitry et al [1] on severe decompression retinopathy after medical treatment of acute angle closure. The authors have speculated that the mechanism of the ‘preretinal’ haemorrhage in this case was similar to the scattered ‘intraretinal’ haemorrhages seen in ocular decompression retinopathy. Although we agree with them that the haemorrhage was caused by sudd...
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None declared. - Published on: 23 January 2007Mild decompression retinopathy following medical treatment of acute primary angle closureShow More
Dear Editor
We read with great interest Alwitry and coworkers' article[1] on bilateral decompression retinopathy following medical treatment of an acute primary angle closure. We would like to report the case of a 47 year -old woman who consulted in November 2000 for a mildly painful right eye. Pain had lasted for about three days. Visual acuity was 20/20 OU with no optical correction. On slit-lamp examination, b...
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