Venous stasis retinopathy associated with embolic obstruction of the central retinal artery
Magargal, L.E.; Sanborn, G.E.; Zimmerman, A.
Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology 2(2): 113-118
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0272-846X PMID: 6226693 Document Number: 190162
A case of venous stasis retinopathy in a 58-year-old male is reported. Despite carotid endarterectomy for ipsilateral internal carotid atheromatous disease, the retinopathy persisted until the embolic obstruction of the central retinal artery resolved spontaneously. Then the venous stasis retinopathy was relieved. In patients with venous stasis retinopathy and reduced arterial pressure that cannot be attributed to carotid disease, an occult but hemodynamically significant arterial obstruction posterior to or at the lamina cribrosa may be suggested.