TY - JOUR
TI - Choroidal neovascularization in primary hyperoxaluria
AU - Theodossiadis, PG
AU - Friberg, TR
AU - Panagiotidis, DN
AU - Gogas, PS and
AU - Pantelia, EM
AU - Moschos, MN
JO - AJO.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
PY - 2002
VL - 134
TODO - 1
SP - 134-137
PB - EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SN - 0002-9394
TODO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01458-7
TODO - null
TODO - PURPOSE: To report a case of primary hyperoxaluria in which choroidal
neovascularization developed bilaterally.
DESIGN: Observational case report.
METHODS: A 22-year-old man with a history of type I primary
hyperoxaluria complained of a slow but progressive loss of vision in
both eyes for the preceding 8 months. The clinical, fluorescein, and
ocular coherence tomography findings are reported.
RESULTS: Fluorescein angiography confirmed the presence of choroidal
neovascularization in both eyes at the edge of previous macular scars.
Ocular coherence tomography scans were obtained to better characterize
the clinical pathology.
CONCLUSION: In a patient with type I primary hyperoxaluria, the presence
of choroidal neovascularization in both eyes outside but adjacent to an
area of previous macular scarring is reported. These findings are in
harmony with the assumption that mechanical factors from the oxalate
deposition promote choroidal neovascularization. (C) 2002 by Elsevier
Science Inc. All rights reserved.
ER -