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Metallic Retinal Artery Embolus following Pipeline Embolization Device
Colin P Froines1, Samuel A Whittier, Justin L Gottlieb
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, USA.
Purpose:
To describe a case of asymptomatic metallic retinal embolus following stent in stent Pipeline embolization device (PED) placement.
Methods:
Case report of a 41-year-old female with left ophthalmic artery aneurysm treated twice with PED referred to ophthalmology for incidentally found refractile object in left eye macula.
Results:
Clinical findings notable for fundoscopic exam with refractile foreign body at the temporal edge of fovea. Object was observed to be intravascular on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and without vascular occlusion on OCT angiography.
Conclusions:
Metallic embolus appears to be a rare complication of PED placement.
