title: Central retinal vein occlusion due to hyperviscosity syndrome.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with no previous medical history entered the emergency department with 2 days of painless vision loss in the left eye. The patient was diagnosed with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and admitted for treatment. Further work-up revealed that the cause of his CRVO was a hyperviscosity syndrome secondary to multiple myeloma. The patient received two rounds of plasmapheresis with slight recovery of vision and was discharged 28 days later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Begley
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004630:Emergencies; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome