Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 2010 Dec;65(4):271-2.
PMID: 21901943

Abstract

We report a case of a patient with hypertension and ischaemic heart disease on anti-platelet treatment, who developed uniocular profound visual loss from a submacular haemorrhage secondary to valsalva retinopathy. He was treated with a combination of intravitreal recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) gas followed by strict prone positioning. He demonstrated significant displacement of the haemorrhage and improvement of vision postoperatively.

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