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METALLIC RETINAL ARTERY EMBOLUS AFTER PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE
Colin P Froines1, Samuel A Whittier, Justin L Gottlieb
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, MadisonWisconsin.
Purpose:
To describe a case of asymptomatic metallic retinal embolus after stent-in-stent pipeline embolization device placement.
Methods:
Case report of a 41-year-old woman with left ophthalmic artery aneurysm treated twice with pipeline embolization device referred to ophthalmology for incidentally found refractile object in left eye macula.
Results:
Clinical findings notable for fundoscopic examination with refractile foreign body at the temporal edge of fovea. Object was observed to be intravascular on optical coherence tomography and without vascular occlusion on optical coherence tomography angiography.
Conclusion:
Metallic embolus seems to be a rare complication of pipeline embolization device placement.
