Title: A Rare Cause of Unilateral Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Young Patient with Polycythemia Vera
Authors: Dr Shashikant Singh, Dr Suchita Singh, Dr Abhijit Kumar Handique
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v10i4.05
Abstract
Introduction
Retinal vein occlusion is a common cause of vision loss in older individual, and the second most common retinal vascular disease after diabetic retinopathy[1]. In CRVO, the occlusion is at or proximal to proximal to the lamina cribrosa[2]. Age is the most important risk factor, since over 90% of cases occur in patients over the age of 55 years[3]. A minority of patients with CRVO are young adults under the age of 40 years and in most of cases CRVO occurs without the presence of the typical risk factors[4].
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