July 20, 2022
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VIDEO: Perform annual dilated fundus exams on all patients with sickle cell disease
CHICAGO – Patients with sickle cell disease should be examined yearly, with a dilated fundus exam and macular OCT, Daniel Epshtein, OD, FAAO, said at Optometry’s Meeting.
Those with proliferative sickle cell retinopathy should be checked every 6 months with wide-field fluorescein angiography and referred to retina “because they most likely will require treatment or very careful monitoring,” he said.
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Epshtein D, Khattar-Sullivan A. Ocular manifestations of sickle cell disease. Presented at: Optometry’s Meeting; June 15-18, 2022; Chicago.
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Epshtein reports being a consultant for Carl Zeiss Meditec.
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