title: Valsalva retinopathy as a complication of colonoscopy.
abstract: Case report of a 44-year-old man who presented to the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn with complaints of a central scotoma and blurred vision in the right eye, which occurred while he was having a routine colonoscopy. The patient reported experiencing pain during the procedure. The funduscopic examination revealed a dumb-bell shaped hemorrhage in the fovea of the right eye. A diagnosis of valsalva retinopathy was made based on history and funduscopic examination. The hemorrhage resolved within a month without any sequelae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the occurrence of valsalva retinopathy following a routine colonoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA. riwo@weilke.net
authors.forename: Aruoriwo M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Oboh
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weilke
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheindlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D012607:Scotoma / Q000209:etiology