Anterior segment necrosis following treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: a clinicopathologic case report.
A 45-year-old man with an internal carotid artery occlusion, cerebral hemispheric infarction, and an ipsilateral central retinal artery occlusion developed anterior segment necrosis after retrobulbar injection of lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) for treatment of an occlusion of the central retinal artery. Multiple embolic plaques in the retinal circulation with occlusion of the posterior ciliary arteries were found. The clinical and postmortem histopathologic findings are presented.
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000473:pathology
D008012:Lidocaine; D004837:Epinephrine