title: Traumatic central retinal artery occlusion.
abstract: A healthy 6-year-old boy with a clinical picture of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) of his left eye is presented here. The underlying cause was a trauma to the boy's left cheek some 6 months earlier. Possible pathophysiological mechanisms are discussed. To the best of our knowledge, the late onset of traumatic CRAO has not yet been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Garzozi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barkay
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002610:Cheek / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*