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Occult central retinal artery occlusion

1 February 2022 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | CRAO, Central retinal artery occlusion, OCT, RAO, optical coherence tomography, retinal artery occlusion, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a sight-threatening condition resulting from occlusion of the central retinal artery and hypoperfusion of the inner retina. Early on, fundal examination may be normal. The authors present a retrospective case series of 11 patients...

Care journeys of patients with central retinal artery occlusion

1 June 2022 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective case note review of all adult patients referred for or diagnosed with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) to a single tertiary hospital over a 10½ year period. A total of 181 patients were included in...

Time is vision in central retinal artery occlusion

4 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Emergency Ophthalmology
Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a rare but devastating vascular episode that can have severe impact on vision. Treatment is very time-limited and needs to be initiated very quickly to salvage any vision. The majority of patients present to...

A rare case of post-traumatic central retinal artery occlusion

1 December 2014 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Central retinal artery occlusion, fibrinolysis, optic nerve decompression, transcaruncular optic canal decompression, traumatic optic neuropathy, urokinase
Central retinal artery occlusion is rarely associated with traumatic optic neuropathy, this case report details of one such case. The reported case is of a ten-year-old boy presenting after a fall from height with loss of vision in one eye....

A paediatric case of central retinal artery occlusion following antibiotics and decompression surgery for orbital cellulitis

3 October 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Orbital cellulitis is an ophthalmic emergency that warrants urgent management in the hospital setting [1]. This occurs more frequently in the paediatric population where it is often secondary to sinus infections. Delay in treatment could result in severe complications including...