Posterior chorioretinopathy and retinal detachment after organ transplantation.
Four patients, three after renal transplantation and one after heart-lung transplantation, developed visual loss in both eyes associated with geographic zones of disruption and coarse clumping of the pigment epithelium in the posterior fundi. Secondary retinal detachment occurred bilaterally in three patients. Localized choroidal intravascular coagulation is the suspected but unproven cause.
Gass
J D
JD
Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Fla.
Slamovits
T L
TL
Fuller
D G
DG
Gieser
R G
RG
Lean
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*