tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Malnutrition and bilateral central retinal vein occlusion in a young woman: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Malnutrition and bilateral central retinal vein occlusion in a young woman: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Malnutrition and bilateral central retinal vein occlusion in a young woman a case report Mark Taubert 1 Timothy C Dowd2 and Angela Wood3 Address Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine Morriston Hospital Swansea NHS Trust Swansea SA6 6NL UK 2Consultant Ophthalmologist Department of Ophthalmology James Cook University Hospital Marton Road Middlesbrough TS4 3BW UK and 3Consultant Haematologist Department of Haematology James Cook University Hospital Marton Road Middlesbrough TS4 3BW UK Email Mark Taubert - mtaubert@ Timothy C Dowd - timdredaed@ Angela Wood - Corresponding author Published 10 March 2008 Received 17 May 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 77 doi 1752-1947-2-77 Accepted I0 March 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 77 2008 Taubert et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Can vitamin B12 and folate deficiency cause central retinal vein occlusion We conducted a literature search to find out whether nutritional deficiency of vitamin B12 and folate can lead to impaired vision. Case presentation The patient in the article presented in an eye-casualty department in the North East of England with gradual painless visual loss over six weeks. She was found to have bilateral central retinal vein occlusion with significant anaemia and vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. Conclusion Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency can lead to elevated levels of homocysteine. We found a large amount of published data relating central retinal vein occlusion to elevated homocysteine levels but there was a lack of conclusive .