Bilateral Exudative Retinal Detachment in a Young Patient with Chronic Renal Failure

Chronic renal failure with retinal detachment.

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 406 VOLUME 41APRIL 17, 2004 the literature (Medline Search), we found that retinal detachments are a known complication of chronic renal failure, though majority of case reports and series are from adult patients. Numerous hypothesis have been suggested for retinal detachments-dilutional hyponatremia(2), severe hypertension(3), ischemic infarction of choroids(4) and choroids s...

Bilateral Exudative Retinal Detachment in HELLP Syndrome

The HELLP syndrome is a pregnancy complication, life-threatening for mother and child, characterized by hypertension, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets. Blurred vision is the most common visual complaint. A rare case of bilateral exudative retinal detachment associated with the HELLP syndrome is described in a 30-year-old Caucasian woman at 33 weeks' gestation. The retinal detachment did...

Bilateral exudative retinal detachment with choroidopathy in malignant hypertension.

Chronic renal failure in a patient with bilateral ureterocele

Ureterocele is a congenital anomaly, in which there is mal-development of the caudal segments of the ureter. There is a female preponderance with most cases seen in Caucasians. Among the reported complications of this condition, chronic renal failure occurring in the setting of ureterocele has not been well documented. We report a case of a young girl with bilateral ureterocele presenting with ...

Retinal arteriolar calcification in a patient with chronic renal failure.

LETTERS Retinal arteriolar calcification in a patient with chronic renal failure Extraskeletal calcification is a common complication of chronic renal failure. Numerous locations for metastatic calcification have been described. We present an unusual case of calcium deposition in the eye. A 33 year old woman developed chronic renal failure at the age of 15 as a result of medullary cystic kidney...