Retinopathy of blood dyscrasias.
BACKGROUND
Retinopathy often accompanies blood dyscrasias.


METHODS
Three cases are presented: 1) a 75-year old patient with anemia of chronic disease, extensive posterior pole hemorrhaging and ischemic changes, 2) a 70-year old patient in whom retinopathy was the presenting sign of his chronic myelocytic leukemia and 3) a 56-year old patient with polycythemic retinopathy and papilledema.


CONCLUSIONS
These unusual cases are presented with a general discussion of retinal vascular manifestations of blood dyscrasia.
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Eye Clinic-Brockton/W. Roxbury V.A.M.C., MA 02132.
D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000150:complications*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology