Retinal vein occlusion and papillitis in serpiginous choroidopathy.
BACKGROUND
Inflammation of the optic nerve associated with central retinal vein occlusion is a well-documented disorder known as papillophlebitis, which occurs in young adults.


OBJECTIVE
To report two cases of serpiginous choroidopathy complicated by retinal vein occlusion in association with papillitis.


METHODS
Two patients with serpiginous choroidopathy were examined during their acute and follow-up periods.


RESULTS
One patient developed a central retinal vein occlusion and the other a branch retinal vein occlusion. In both cases, the occlusion was associated with segmental edema of the optic nerve (papillitis).


CONCLUSIONS
Serpiginous choroidopathy may rarely be complicated by retinal vein occlusion from papillitis.
From the *LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center/Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; †Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, New York; and ‡Beaumont Eye Institute, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Athanasios I
AI
Kotsolis
Hema K
HK
Karamchandani
Nolan
N
Hathaway
George A
GA
Williams
Lawrence A
LA
Yannuzzi