title: Retinal arterial macroaneurysm rupture following fundus fluorescein angiography and treatment with Nd:YAG laser membranectomy.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman with hypertension was seen for a routine examination. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 bilaterally. Intraretinal hemorrhages were found in the parafoveal region of the right eye. A fundus fluorescein angiography evaluation identified the hemorrhages as arterial macroaneurysms. The following day, the patient returned complaining of blurred vision that had developed the previous evening. Best-corrected visual acuity was counting fingers in the right eye. A subhyaloid hemorrhage approximately three optic disks in size was found in the macular region. The hemorrhage was drained with an Nd:YAG laser.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sansal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gedik
authors.forename: Sirel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gür
authors.forename: Gürsel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Yonca A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Akova
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity