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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Carotid Artery Occlusion
Wells Weymouth1, Craig Pedersen1
1San Antonio Military Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Abstract:
Sudden, painless vision loss in patients with stroke risk factors is suspect for central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), an ophthalmic emergency that in addition to ocular treatment warrants a thorough neurologic and vascular evaluation. In addition to the high risk of concurrent stroke, carotid artery stenosis and occlusion is often overlooked during the initial evaluation. Here we report a case of CRAO with concurrent ipsilateral complete left internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion and right ICA critical narrowing, dissection and pseudoaneurysm, which subsequently improved with prompt hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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