THE EYE IN SYSTEMIC DISEASE - Infection and Metastatic Cancer

July 3, 2007 on 7:41 am | In Neurology |

Jean Edwards Holt

Systemic infection such as septicemia often establishes a metastatic focus in the eye, most commonly as choroiditis. Tuberculosis, syphilis, and histoplasmosis often are diagnosed in this manner. Orbital or elevated choroidal lesions often occur with metastatic carcinoma, especially metastasis from the lung and breast.

Blood Dyscrasia

Blood dyscrasia, such as hyperviscosity syndromes, leukemia, or sickle cell disease, has characteristic retinal vascular patterns that may help confirm a diagnosis.

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