A Case of Childhood Vitrectomy Performed for Dense Vitreous Hemorrhage Secondary to Leukemia Therapy and Tumor Lysis Syndrome

A Case of Childhood Vitrectomy Performed for Dense Vitreous Hemorrhage Secondary to Leukemia Therapy and Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Purpose: To report a case of vitrectomy performed in a child with dense massive vitreous hemorrhage due to secondary acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and tumor lysis syndrome. Case: A 4-year-old boy with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma was successfully treated with chemotherapy in 2011. However, in...

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Main Authors: Takashi Kudo, Yukihiko Suzuki, Tomomi Metoki, Mitsuru Nakazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Pediatric surgery
Tumor lysis syndrome
Vitrectomy
Leukemia
Vitreous hemorrhage
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/374088

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