Cases from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #38. A navigator with nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion progressing to ischemic central retinal vein occlusion.
A case report of a young USAF navigator with nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion progressing to ischemic central retinal vein occlusion is presented. This young man was treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy early in the course of his disease with complete resolution of his condition. Two years later his vision remained 20/17. This is the first known case of central retinal vein occlusion being treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
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D000328:Adult; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy