Sourla Evdokia, Lip Peck Lin
Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Int Med Case Rep J. 2024 Aug 2;17:733-738. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S467510. eCollection 2024.
Severe sickle retinopathy is commonly known in adults but not in children, hence any related treatment for sickle retinopathy in children was not well described. We reported 2 paediatric sickle patients (aged 12 and 13) presented with severe sickle retinopathy and described details of their disease progression and treatments over 2-3 years, along with the challenges faced when managing this particular group of young age sickle cell patients. Our case reports also demonstrated the benefits of laser photocoagulation treatment to early sickle proliferative disease, and how complications from advanced severe retinopathy hindered effective treatments.
重度镰状视网膜病变在成人中较为常见,但在儿童中并不常见,因此儿童镰状视网膜病变的相关治疗方法尚无详细描述。我们报告了2例患有重度镰状视网膜病变的儿科镰状细胞病患者(年龄分别为12岁和13岁),描述了他们在2至3年中的疾病进展和治疗细节,以及管理这一特定年轻镰状细胞病患者群体时所面临的挑战。我们的病例报告还展示了激光光凝治疗对早期镰状细胞增殖性疾病的益处,以及晚期重度视网膜病变的并发症如何阻碍有效治疗。