Aplastic anemia secondary to 6-mercaptopurine initially presenting with a hemorrhagic retinopathy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • PURPOSE: To describe a case of hemorrhagic retinopathy secondary to aplastic anemia caused by 6-mercaptopurine. METHODS: A case report of a patient who presented as an outpatient to the Ophthalmology service of the New York Presbyterian Hospital. CONCLUSION: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of hemorrhagic retinopathy secondary to aplastic anemia caused by 6-mercaptopurine.

publication date

  • January 1, 2009

Identity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/ICB.0b013e318178094e

PubMed ID

  • 25389851

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 3

issue

  • 4