Involvement of the eye in polycythemia vera (Vaquez-Osler disease)
Mayer, U.
Fortschritte der Medizin 101(22): 1047-1049
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-8178 PMID: 6873859 Document Number: 206788
An example of chocked disk of 3-4 diopters (right eye) and 4-5 diopters (left eye) in a patient with cerebral alteration (encephalomalacia respectively bleeding) suffering from polycythemia vera is discussed in the light of own observation, literature, differential diagnosis, pathogenesis, and therapy. An internal treatment by radioactive phosphorus and blood-letting gave restitutio fere ad integrum.