Hypertension: A Cause of Bilateral Proliferative Retinopathy

PurposeTo describe the case of a 67-year-old female with proliferative retinopathy secondary to uncontrolled hypertension. MethodsRetrospective case report including multimodal imaging. ResultsA 67-year-old female presented with mild vitreous hemorrhage, retinal hemorrhage, hard exudate of the left eye and hard exudate, copper wiring of vessels, and retinal hemorrhages in the right eye. Optical coherence tomography depicted macular edema of both eyes. Fluorescein angiography revealed large areas of peripheral retinal ischemia and neovascularization with multiple areas of vascular leakage in both eyes. ConclusionsProliferative hypertensive retinopathy has been rarely reported in the literature. Our patient exhibited findings consistent with proliferative retinopathy secondary to hypertensive retinopathy.