Abstract
Aplastic anemia is a rare, usually autoimmune disorder of bone marrow stem cells leading to pancytopenia and hypoplastic marrow that presents with anemia, infection or bleeding which can be potentially sight and life-threatening. Patients with aplastic anemia may present with various ocular manifestations; lid and orbital hematoma, sub-conjunctival hemorrhage, sudden visual loss due to vitreous hemorrhage or retinopathy and optic disc edema. A young male patient had symptomatic sever bilateral hemorrhagic retinopathy secondary to aplastic anemia; succeeding systemic allogenic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation showed almost complete spontaneous resolution of the retinopathy and significant improvement in vision over a period of 16 weeks.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21
- Journal
- Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 14(2), 117-119
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Mal, W., & Al-Abri, M. (2021). Spontaneously resolved severe retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 14(2), 117-119. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21
MLA 9
Mal, Washoo, and Mohamed Al-Abri. "Spontaneously resolved severe retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 14, no. 2, 2021, pp. 117-119. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21.
Chicago (author–date)
Mal, Washoo, and Mohamed Al-Abri. 2021. "Spontaneously resolved severe retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 14 (2): 117-119. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21.
Harvard
Mal, W. and Al-Abri, M. (2021) 'Spontaneously resolved severe retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 14(2), pp. 117-119. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21.
Vancouver
Mal W, Al-Abri M. Spontaneously resolved severe retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021;14(2):117-119. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21
IEEE
W. Mal, and M. Al-Abri, "Spontaneously resolved severe retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 117-119, 2021, doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_117_21.