Need of preventive photocoagulation for retinal arterial macroaneurysm with retinal hemorrhage

Daisuke Nagasato; Takuji Iwawaki; Hitoshi Tabuchi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5683

Need of preventive photocoagulation for retinal arterial macroaneurysm with retinal hemorrhage

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Apr 5;10(4):e05683. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5683. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Daisuke Nagasato^{1

2}, Takuji Iwawaki³, Hitoshi Tabuchi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology Tsukazaki Hospital Himeji Japan.
² Department of Technology and Design Thinking for Medicine Hiroshima University Graduate School Hiroshima Japan.
³ Iwawaki Eye Clinic Asago Japan.

Abstract

Retinal arterial macroaneurysm shows rapid vision loss when rupture occurs; therefore, preventive photocoagulation should be considered, if necessary.

Keywords: photocoagulation; retinal arterial macroaneurysm; retinal hemorrhage; vitreous hemorrhage.