IATROGENIC CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION AND HYPERVISCOSITY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN ADMINISTRATION

PURPOSE: To describe a patient with iatrogenically induced central ret inal vein occlusions secondary to serum hyperviscosity from intravenou s immunoglobulin administration. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: The pat ient developed bilateral central retinal vein occlusions in associatio n with high dose intravenous immunoglobulins, The central retinal Vein occlusions resolved when the immunoglobulins were withheld and serum hyperviscosity decreased. CONCLUSION: Administration of high dose intr avenous immunoglobulins ran be associated with hyperviscosity syndrome manifested by central retinal vein occlusion.