[Bilateral marked fundus changes with neovascularisation and subsequent detachment in association with thrombocythaemia (author's transl)].
Following radical hysterectomy a 65-year old patient developed massive preretinal vascular proliferation, similar in appearance to advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which led to a traction detachment. Diabetes mellitus could not be established, and a thrombocyte count up to one million is discussed as a possible cause.
D000368:Aged; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
Schwere beidseitige Augenhintergrundsveränderungen mit Neovaskularisation und Ablatio bei Thrombozythämie