Abstract
PURPOSE: To report a 34-year-old healthy man with an internal carotid artery dissection who presented with an ipsilateral branch retinal artery occlusion. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: Ophthalmic examination of a young adult presenting with transient monocular visual loss and a superior nasal field defect disclosed a left inferior branch retinal artery occlusion. After fluorescein angiography, the patient had a vasovagal response, and his condition worsened to a left central retinal artery occlusion. Neurologic evaluation followed by carotid angiography disclosed a left internal carotid artery dissection with total occlusion of the internal carotid artery. CONCLUSION: The differential diagnosis of retinal arterial occlusion in a young healthy adult without any notable ocular or medical history, including trauma, should include spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 706-708 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 1998 |
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Internal carotid artery dissection causing a branch retinal artery, occlusion in a young adult. / McDonough, Rhea L.; Forteza, Alejandro M.; Flynn, Harry W.
In: American Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 125, No. 5, 01.05.1998, p. 706-708.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - McDonough, Rhea L.
AU - Forteza, Alejandro M.
AU - Flynn, Harry W
PY - 1998/5/1
Y1 - 1998/5/1
N2 - PURPOSE: To report a 34-year-old healthy man with an internal carotid artery dissection who presented with an ipsilateral branch retinal artery occlusion. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: Ophthalmic examination of a young adult presenting with transient monocular visual loss and a superior nasal field defect disclosed a left inferior branch retinal artery occlusion. After fluorescein angiography, the patient had a vasovagal response, and his condition worsened to a left central retinal artery occlusion. Neurologic evaluation followed by carotid angiography disclosed a left internal carotid artery dissection with total occlusion of the internal carotid artery. CONCLUSION: The differential diagnosis of retinal arterial occlusion in a young healthy adult without any notable ocular or medical history, including trauma, should include spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection.
AB - PURPOSE: To report a 34-year-old healthy man with an internal carotid artery dissection who presented with an ipsilateral branch retinal artery occlusion. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: Ophthalmic examination of a young adult presenting with transient monocular visual loss and a superior nasal field defect disclosed a left inferior branch retinal artery occlusion. After fluorescein angiography, the patient had a vasovagal response, and his condition worsened to a left central retinal artery occlusion. Neurologic evaluation followed by carotid angiography disclosed a left internal carotid artery dissection with total occlusion of the internal carotid artery. CONCLUSION: The differential diagnosis of retinal arterial occlusion in a young healthy adult without any notable ocular or medical history, including trauma, should include spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection.
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