title: Central retinal vein occlusion in young people.
abstract: In a study performed on 20 subjects with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) aged 40 years or less we found the ischemic form in 20%. Disc edema was a common finding at the onset, while macular edema was less frequently seen. Systemic or ocular disorders that could be related with the development of the CRVO were often found; a patient was affected with myasthenia gravis and another with Sturge-Weber syndrome: these two diseases were not previously reported in association with CRVO. In only two of the 11 patients followed-up the visual acuity improved. The visual prognosis in CRVO of young people is often poor; the more frequent cause of the reduced visual acuity is chronic cystoid macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Oculistica, Università di Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuffrè
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Randazzo-Papa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palumbo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity