Fibrin Clots in the Choriocapillaris and Serous Detachment of the Retina

1 January 1976

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Ophthalmologica

Vol. 172 (4) , 298-307
https://doi.org/10.1159/000307728

Abstract

Clot formation occurred preferentially in the choriocapillaris. With intraocular inflammation this clotting began along the inner surface of the choriocapillaris suggesting that dilatation of the vessels and opening of the endothelial fenestra have initiated the process. With the systemic coagulopathy of thrombotic thrombocytopenia (TTP) and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) clotting occurred preferentially in the submacular choriocapillaris, sometimes associated with choroidal hemorrhage and retinal detachment. A patient with TTP showing relatively chronic coagulopathy and 3 patients with DIC showing variations of acute coagulopathy were discussed.

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The Defibrination Syndrome: Clinical Features and Laboratory Diagnosis
British Journal of Haematology, 1967