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Central retinal artery occlusion after manipulation of the neck by a chiropractor
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|March 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
To document a case of central retinal artery occlusion after chiropractic treatment.
Methods:
An 87-year-old man suffered a central retinal artery occlusion immediately after chiropractic neck manipulation.
Results:
A magnetic resonance angiogram showed an atherosclerotic plaque in the ipsilateral carotid artery, which probably shed emboli during cervical joint mobilization.
Conclusion:
The carotid arteries should be approached carefully in patients with known or suspected atherosclerotic disease of the carotid arteries.