Macular hole surgery has been found to be associated with certain complications such as iatrogenic retinal breaks, retinal detachment visual field defects, glaucoma and cataract. However, cases of central retinal artery occlusion following macular hole surgery have rarely been described. We present a case of central retinal artery occlusion occurring immediately following macular hole surgery, ...

Dear Editor, Retinal artery occlusion (RAO) is characterized by attenuated arterioles and ischemic retinal opacity, which suggest retinal infarction. Branch RAO (BRAO) has a more favorable prognosis than central RAO (CRAO). CRAO and BRAO can be differentiated based on the isch-emic retinal opacity area, location of the attenuated vessels , and a cherry-red spot [1]. However, we encountered a ca...

Ophthalmic involvement in giant cell arteritis can manifest in a number of ways. Central retinal artery occlusion is one of the common causes of visual loss in giant cell arteritis. On the contrary, branch retinal vein occlusion is rarely associated with the latter. We report an 89-year-old lady with acute left central retinal artery occlusion on a background of progressive decline in vision ov...

RETINAL detachment or the appearance of retinal cysts after the occlusion of large retinal vessels has rarely been described in the literature, although Duke-Elder (1940) mentioned cystic degeneration as invariably following obstruction of the central retinal vein. Norn (1961) described a case of a central retinal cyst which followed a thrombosis of the central retinal vein. Arques (1960) repor...

Purpose To report a case of bilateral central retinal artery occlusion with both anterior and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Observations A 65-year-old Caucasian woman presented with acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock. After treatment with vasopressors and prolonged prone positioning, she was noted to be bilaterally completely blind on hospitalization day 12. Evaluatio...

A 61-year-old man presented with acute, painful loss of vision in the left eye due to a central retinal artery occlusion. Fluorescein angiography confirmed the central retinal artery occlusion and also identified a nasal posterior ciliary artery occlusion. CT scanning revealed a left medial orbital mass with adjacent ethmoid sinusitis. Transnasal ethmoid biopsy disclosed mucormycosis. A left ex...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Distal to a hemodynamically significant stenosis, the Doppler effect becomes dampened. Thus, measuring the flow profile in the ophthalmic artery and the central retinal artery with color Doppler imaging may provide hemodynamic information about the carotid circulation. METHODS To validate the flow profile measurement with color Doppler imaging in the ophthalmic and cent...