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Multifocal Electroretinograms
Published on: December 4, 2011
SUDDEN VISION LOSS FROM CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF MITRAL VALVE PAPILLARY
Martha Henao1, Joud Chamchikh, Kakarla V Chalam
1Department of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University College of Medicine, Loma Linda, California.
Purpose:
We describe a central retinal artery occlusion with cilioretinal sparing in a young male patient who was found to have mitral valve papillary fibroelastoma.
Methods:
At the initial examination, a 33-year-old Hispanic man had visual acuity of 20/200 in his left eye, and 2 weeks later, visual acuity improved to 20/20. Diagnosis required transesophageal echocardiography to localize the lesion.
Results:
Mitral valve papillary fibroelastoma involving the mitral valve was successfully treated with tumor resection.
Conclusion:
Routine echocardiography should be performed in all patients presenting with central retinal artery occlusion as it may diagnose treatable cardiogenic etiologies and present further potentially life-threatening embolic events.
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