A very unusual case report: Retinal neovascularization and tractional retinal detachment in a patient with thalassemia minor.

Although many ocular pathologies have been reported in patients with thalassemia major, there is a limited number of studies on the ocular findings of patients with thalassemia minor. In this report, thalassemia minor was detected in a 42-year-old male patient who presented with unilateral sudden vision loss and underwent pars plana vitrectomy due to proliferative retinopathy and tractional retinal detachment. One month after the surgery, the best-corrected visual acuity of the eye was 20/100, and the retina was fully reattached under silicone oil. Patients with thalassemia minor should undergo ophthalmologic screening with fundus examination, including the peripheral retina.