title: Histopathological study of a case with branch retinal vein occlusion.
abstract: A retinal specimen from a 68-year-old patient with glaucoma and branch retinal vein occlusion was examined by light and electron microscopy. The venous and arterial lumina were filled with erythrocytes, and many erythrocytes extravasated into the venous wall. We suggest that constant rubbing of endothelial cells of the occluded vein results in damage and erythrocyte extravasation was caused by diapedesis.
authors.affiliation: Department Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizota
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adachi-Usami
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuyama
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000473:pathology*