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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and branch retinal artery occlusion in cavernous sinus thrombosis
A Gupta1, S Jalali, R K Bansal
1Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 60-year-old woman developed embolic occlusion of a branch retinal artery following septic cavernous sinus thrombosis. Two days later it was followed by loss of light perception due to embolic or vasculitic ischemic optic neuropathy. Recurrent emboli from a focus of carotid arteritis in cavernous sinus thrombosis may be responsible for visual loss in such eyes.