Retinopathy of blood dyscrasias.

BACKGROUND

Retinopathy often accompanies blood dyscrasias.

METHODS

Three cases are presented: 1) a 75-year old patient with anemia of chronic disease, extensive posterior pole hemorrhaging and ischemic changes, 2) a 70-year old patient in whom retinopathy was the presenting sign of his chronic myelocytic leukemia and 3) a 56-year old patient with polycythemic retinopathy and papilledema.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

These unusual cases are presented with a general discussion of retinal vascular manifestations of blood dyscrasia.