Central retinal vein occlusion after sildenafil citrate [Viagra] Use

This is a report of a 31-year old male patient who presented with poor vision of his left eye of one-week duration after the use of two tables of Sildenafil citrate [Viagra] approximatley 24 hours before and 48 hours after the onset of ocular symptoms. Ocular examination was consistent with the diagnosis of systemic central vein occlusion. There was no history of systemic diseases or ocular risk factors for central retinal vein occlusion. To the best of our knowledge, the young man, described here, is the first to be reported to have fulminant central retinal vein occlusion after Sildenafil use. This paper discusses the history, physical examination, and investigations done for the patient

Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of vertebral haemangiomas

A retrospective analysis of 600 [238 females, 362 males] spine examinations was carried out. Vertebral haemangioma was observed in 160 patients [27%], 74 females [31%] and 86 males [24%]. The majority were over 35 years. The most frequent site was the lumbar region, 64 patients [40%], then the thoracic region, 32 patients [20%], cervical region, 26 patients [16%], predominantly in the dense complex of the axis, and 38 patients [24%] were found to have multiple haemangiomas. Characteristically all vertebral haemangiomas abutted or included the basivertebral veins in the vertebral body