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Central retinal venous occlusion in an otherwise-healthy child.

Al-Dhibi H, Al-Saati A, Khan AO

Division of Vitreo-retinal, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Isolated retinal venous occlusion rarely occurs in otherwise-healthy children.(1-3) We report a unilateral case of central retinal vein occlusion with secondary proliferative retinopathy and neovascular glaucoma in a 6-year-old girl. Despite an extensive workup, no etiology was identified.

Published 9 April 2007 in J AAPOS, 11(2): 189-91.
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