title: [Involvement of the eye in polycythemia vera (Vaquez-Osler disease)].
abstract: An example of chocked disk of 3-4 diopters (right eye) and 4-5 diopters (left eye) in a patient with cerebral alteration (encephalomalacia respectively bleeding) suffering from polycythemia vera is discussed in the light of own observation, literature, differential diagnosis, pathogenesis, and therapy. An internal treatment by radioactive phosphorus and blood-letting gave restitutio fere ad integrum.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001815:Bloodletting; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000209:etiology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes
vernacular_title: Zur Augenbeteiligung bei Polycythaemia vera (M. Vaques-Osler).