Intense exercise causing central retinal vein occlusion in a young patient: case report and review of the literature.
We report a 19-year-old patient who developed a central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with significant macular edema and visual impairment following intense exercise and dehydration. The patient was treated with 3 intravitreal bevacizumab injections with complete resolution. A review of the literature on the cause and treatment for CRVO in young patients was performed, focusing on the role of intense exercise and dehydration as a rare pathogenesis mechanism of CRVO.
Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Elad
E
Moisseiev
The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Oded
O
Sagiv
Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Moshe
M
Lazar
Bevacizumab; Central retinal vein occlusion; Macular edema