Hypertension: A Cause of Bilateral Proliferative Retinopathy

Eric E Jung; Hossein Ameri

doi:10.4103/joco.joco_87_22

Hypertension: A Cause of Bilateral Proliferative Retinopathy

J Curr Ophthalmol. 2023 Apr 29;34(4):478-482. doi: 10.4103/joco.joco_87_22. eCollection 2022 Oct-Dec.

Authors

Eric E Jung¹, Hossein Ameri¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the case of a 67-year-old female with proliferative retinopathy secondary to uncontrolled hypertension.

Methods: Retrospective case report including multimodal imaging.

Results: A 67-year-old female presented with mild vitreous hemorrhage, retinal hemorrhage, hard exudate of the left eye and hard exudate, copper wiring of vessels, and retinal hemorrhages in the right eye. Optical coherence tomography depicted macular edema of both eyes. Fluorescein angiography revealed large areas of peripheral retinal ischemia and neovascularization with multiple areas of vascular leakage in both eyes.

Conclusions: Proliferative hypertensive retinopathy has been rarely reported in the literature. Our patient exhibited findings consistent with proliferative retinopathy secondary to hypertensive retinopathy.

Keywords: Fluorescein angiography; Hypertensive retinopathy; Macular edema; Proliferative retinopathy; Retinal neovascularization; Vitreous hemorrhage.

Publication types

Case Reports