Lipemia retinalis

What it means

A creamy appearance of the retinal blood vessels that occurs when the concentration of lipids in the blood is extremely increased, with pale pink to milky white retinal vessels and altered pale reflexes from choroidal vasculature.

Lipemia retinalis is thought to be directly correlated with the serum triglyceride level; typically, the retinal findings do not occur until the triglyceride level reaches 2500 mg per deciliter (28.2 mmol per liter).

Rare diseases that can present with this2

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

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