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ArticleCureus2025

An Atypical Presentation of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Following Ocular Interventions for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Mimicking Retrobulbar Hemorrhage.

Shahad F AlTayash, Sara Almutairi, Abdulrahman A Khan, Wael A Alsakran, Layan Altawil, Osama Alsheikh

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Shahad F AlTayashOphthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Sara AlmutairiOphthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Abdulrahman A KhanVitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Wael A AlsakranVitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Layan AltawilOculoplastic and Orbit, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Osama AlsheikhOculoplastic and Orbit, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 42-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and a diabetic foot received treatment with panretinal laser photocoagulation in his right eye and intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab in both eyes to manage proliferative diabetic retinopathy accompanied by diabetic macular edema in the right eye and complicated by vitreous hemorrhage in the left eye. He then presented on the same day with right eye pain, eyelid swelling, ecchymosis, and subconjunctival hemorrhage. Additionally, he showed right-sided signs suggestive of facial palsy. Laboratory tests revealed a significantly low platelet count. Orbital and brain imaging ruled out retrobulbar hemorrhage and ischemic insults. A referral was made to a tertiary hospital for further evaluation and treatment of suspected disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) by a multidisciplinary team. To the best of our knowledge, the development of DIC after ocular procedures has not been previously reported. We recommend careful management of patients with poorly controlled diabetes and kidney disease to prevent further systemic complications.

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chronic kidney diseasediabetes mellitusdisseminated intravascular coagulationintravitreal bevacizumabpanretinal laser photocoagulation

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PMID41293389
PMCPMC12641376

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