FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria

A male infant with a diagnosis of homocystinuria presented with avascularity of the peripheral retina with a ridge on ophthalmic exam, consistent with a FEVR-like manifestation homocystinuria. Upon follow-up and treatment for homocystinuria, the retinal vascularity improved without the need for prop...

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Main Authors: Montalvo, Lorena A., Venincasa, Vincent D., Aziz, Hassan A., Hess, Ditte, Berrocal, Audina M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247909/
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spelling pubmed-42479092014-12-04 FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria Montalvo, Lorena A. Venincasa, Vincent D. Aziz, Hassan A. Hess, Ditte Berrocal, Audina M. Case Report A male infant with a diagnosis of homocystinuria presented with avascularity of the peripheral retina with a ridge on ophthalmic exam, consistent with a FEVR-like manifestation homocystinuria. Upon follow-up and treatment for homocystinuria, the retinal vascularity improved without the need for prophylactic treatment to the peripheral avascular retina. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4247909/ /pubmed/25478266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/646351 Text en Copyright © 2014 Lorena A. Montalvo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Montalvo, Lorena A.
Venincasa, Vincent D.
Aziz, Hassan A.
Hess, Ditte
Berrocal, Audina M.
spellingShingle Montalvo, Lorena A.
Venincasa, Vincent D.
Aziz, Hassan A.
Hess, Ditte
Berrocal, Audina M.
FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria
author_facet Montalvo, Lorena A.
Venincasa, Vincent D.
Aziz, Hassan A.
Hess, Ditte
Berrocal, Audina M.
author_sort Montalvo, Lorena A.
title FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria
title_short FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria
title_full FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria
title_fullStr FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria
title_full_unstemmed FEVR-Like Presentation of Homocystinuria
title_sort fevr-like presentation of homocystinuria
description A male infant with a diagnosis of homocystinuria presented with avascularity of the peripheral retina with a ridge on ophthalmic exam, consistent with a FEVR-like manifestation homocystinuria. Upon follow-up and treatment for homocystinuria, the retinal vascularity improved without the need for prophylactic treatment to the peripheral avascular retina.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2014
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247909/
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