title: Retinal vein thrombosis as the presenting symptom of essential thrombocythemia.
abstract: Visual loss resulting from retinal vascular disorders can be the presenting sign of serious systemic disease. Associations between retinal vein thrombosis and other systemic disorders have been well documented, but a comprehensive literature search failed to reveal any report of essential thrombocythemia as a cause of central retinal vein thrombosis. We describe the first young female patient with symptomatic visual loss due to central retinal vein thrombosis as her presenting symptom of essential thrombocythemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219, USA.
authors.forename: Jason Eli
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tache
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saffra
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marshak
authors.forename: Sramila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aithal
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Novetsky
authors.forename: Yi-Wu
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D001241:Aspirin