Visual loss following sclerotherapy for varicose veins.
The authors report the case of a 66-year-old lady referred to the acute eye clinic with left homonymous hemianopia following sclerotherapy for left lower limb varicose veins and review the literature on sclerotherapy-induced visual loss.
Eye Department, Dunedin Public Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
James Chiung Yoong
JC
Leong
Nicholas Robert
NR
Johnston
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000628:therapy*