RT Book, Section
A1 Scott, Adrienne W.
A1 Goldberg, Morton F.
A2 Gladwin, Mark T.
A2 Kato, Gregory J.
A2 Novelli, Enrico M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1179344720
T1 Ocular Complications in Sickle Cell Disease
T2 Sickle Cell Disease
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260458596
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179344720
RD 2024/10/06
AB Sickle  cell  disease  (SCD)  can  affect  the  vascular  bed  of  any  part  of  the  eye,  including  the  conjunctiva,  iris  and  anterior  segment,  optic  nerve,  retina,  and  choroid  (Figure  20-1).1  Fortunately,  severe  vision  loss  in  patients  with  SCD  is  rare.  Proliferative  sickle  cell  retinopathy  (PSR),  in  which  pathologic  preretinal  neovascularization  occurs,  is  the  most  common  cause  of  significant  vision  loss  in  patients  with  SCD.2-4