title: Extensive choroidal infarction in a case of mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia in a postpartum female.
abstract: A case of mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia resulting in massive choroidal infarction and irreversible vision loss in a postpartum female is discussed. Cryoglobulinaemia can rarely involve ocular vessels and, in this case, was adjunctive to mild hypertension in causing acute choroidopathy. Although the systemic condition of the patient improved after steroids and immunosuppressive agents, the visual loss was permanent.
authors.affiliation: Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Brijesh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Takkar
authors.affiliation: Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shorya Vardhan
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Azad
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000069283:Rituximab / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D000069283:Rituximab