Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 75-year-old man presented with pain and loss of vision in the left eye for 1 week. His medical history was remarkable for systemic hypertension, chronic renal failure, and artery coronary disease. For 6 months, he had been taking 75 mg/day of Plavix after coronary angioplasty. Ocular examination revealed the patient to be in angle closure. Ultrasonography and computed tomography scan revealed a massive choroidal hemorrhage pushing the iris-lens diaphragm forward. Pain and intraocular pressure were treated successfully with evacuative sclerotomies, but the final exitus after 6 months was bulbar phthisis. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Rocco De Marco, Pasquale Aurilia, Alessandro Mele |
Journal | European journal of ophthalmology
(Eur J Ophthalmol)
2009 Sep-Oct
Vol. 19
Issue 5
Pg. 883-6
ISSN: 1120-6721 [Print] United States |
PMID | 19787616
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Clopidogrel
- Ticlopidine
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Topics |
- Aged
- Choroid Hemorrhage
(chemically induced, diagnostic imaging)
- Clopidogrel
- Coronary Artery Disease
(drug therapy)
- Humans
- Hypertension
(complications)
- Intraocular Pressure
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
(complications)
- Male
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
(adverse effects)
- Risk Factors
- Ticlopidine
(adverse effects, analogs & derivatives)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Ultrasonography
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