BACKGROUND/AIMS Preretinal neovascular formations called sea fans develop at the border of non-perfused peripheral retina in sickle cell retinopathy. Angiogenic factors which could contribute to their ...

Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy: Chronic oxygen deprivation can trigger abnormal blood vessel growth (neovascularisation), which is prone to rupture and can further compromise blood flow.

In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2025, Adrienne W. Scott, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, ...

jhmi.edu Aims: The expression of the adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and P-selectin, and the distribution and number of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) were investigated in sickle cell ...

Though gradual capillary loss may contribute to pathophysiology of sickle cell retinopathy as well, our case suggests that PAMM may be the precursor lesion to macular thinning commonly observed in ...

We report the case of a 32-year-old Afrocaribbean man with known stage 3 proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy who presented with a mixed picture of tractional and rhegmatogenous macula off detachment ...

discusses her research in sickle cell disease and sickle cell retinopathy. Healio’s parent company, The Wyanoke Group, is celebrating its 125th year in business, standing as one of the last ...

Hemoglobin SC is the second most common sickle cell disease genotype ... priapism, renal disease, retinopathy, and chronic pain in patients with hemoglobin SC. "For many patients with hemoglobin ...