VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE COMPLICATING LASER-INDUCED CHORIORETINAL ANASTOMOSIS FOR CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION

PURPOSE: To report a severe complication of laser chorioretinal anasto mosis for central retinal vein occlusion. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS : In the right eye of a 62-year-old woman with nonischemic central ret inal vein occlusion, retinal neovascularization at the laser chorioret inal anastomosis site caused dense secondary vitreous hemorrhage. Vitr eous hemorrhage prevented laser panretinal photocoagulation for subseq uent iris neovascularization, necessitating vitrectomy surgery to clea r the hemorrhage and allow the treatment. CONCLUSION: Laser chorioreti nal anastomosis can result in severe vitreous hemorrhage and complicat e efforts to manage later sequelae of central retinal vein occlusion.