Triple retinal arterial macroaneurysms in a hypertensive patient with hypothyroidism.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To present the unique case of numerous, recurring retinal arterial macroaneurysms (RAMs) in a hypothyroid patient with hypertension.

Methods

67-year-old woman's clinical findings, laboratory results, fundus fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) are given. Over a two-year period, the patient was monitored.

Results

A 67-year-old woman presented to the outpatient clinic with vitreous and dense subretinal hemorrhages in her right eye. RAM rupture was discovered along the suprotemporal retinal arteriole. A diagnosis of systemic arterial hypertension was made. Two months later, the vitreous hemorrhage spontaneously resolved and the patient's vision improved. After nine months of initial prese

SUBMITTER: Gamal El-Deen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature