Intense exercise causing central retinal vein occlusion in a young patient: case report and review of the literature

Elad Moisseiev; Oded Sagiv; Moshe Lazar

doi:10.1159/000360904

Intense exercise causing central retinal vein occlusion in a young patient: case report and review of the literature

Case Rep Ophthalmol. 2014 Apr 5;5(1):116-20. doi: 10.1159/000360904. eCollection 2014 Jan.

Authors

Elad Moisseiev¹, Oded Sagiv², Moshe Lazar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
² The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Abstract

We report a 19-year-old patient who developed a central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with significant macular edema and visual impairment following intense exercise and dehydration. The patient was treated with 3 intravitreal bevacizumab injections with complete resolution. A review of the literature on the cause and treatment for CRVO in young patients was performed, focusing on the role of intense exercise and dehydration as a rare pathogenesis mechanism of CRVO.

Keywords: Bevacizumab; Central retinal vein occlusion; Macular edema.

Publication types

Case Reports