DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i05.005

Pages: 325–327

A 48-year-old Peruvian woman had lived in Japan presented with myodesopsia in the right eye. On ophthalmic examination, best-corrected visual acuity was 1.2 in the right eye and 0.5 in the left eye. Funduscopy of both eyes showed avascular area with neovascularization simulating “sea-fan” in the peripheral retina. Erythroblast, target cell, and Howell Jolly body were detected in her peripheral blood smear. We strongly suspected sickle cell retinopathy in this patient. Although sickle cell retinopathy is not seen among Japanese, it is important to consider the possibility of sickle cell retinopathy when a foreign patient presents with myodesopsia and avascular area with neovascularization in the peripheral retina.