‘Typically benign’ retinal venous malformations need neuroimaging

PHOENIX — Patients diagnosed with retinal venous malformations should always undergo additional imaging to rule out microvascular or cerebral changes, according to a poster here.
“Retinal venous malformations are an abnormal vessel, typically a vein, which crosses the horizontal raphe and passes through the macula,” Brittney Brady, OD, FAAO, associate professor at Illinois College of Optometry, told Healio. “While considered benign and likely underreported, vision loss secondary to retinal venous malformations may occur. … More importantly, patients with retinal venous malformations have a

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