Incidence of eye complications among sickle cell disease patients in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a heritable blood disorder resulting in deformed, rigid red blood cells, rendering them more prone to vaso-occlusion. Ocular complications are known to affect multiple organs through the body's vasculature. Here, we evaluated the incidence of eye complications in patients with SCD at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Materials and methods

We used a cross-sectional approach and collected relevant medical data from nine patients with SCD. Ophthalmic assessment included visual acuity and an in-clinic dilated fundus examination. All patients were asked to attend the ophthalmology clinic to undergo optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography, macular OCT scan, and fundus photography. The results of the imaging tests

SUBMITTER: Almasoudi EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289312 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature