title: Bilateral central retinal artery occlusions, disk drusen, and migraine.
abstract: A central retinal artery occlusion occurred in the left eye of a 25-year-old woman with migraine and bilateral intrapapillary drusen. An extensive investigation failed to establish the presence of any systemic disease or vasculopathy. Eight years later she had a central retinal artery occlusion in her right eye. Optic disk drusen and migraine may have combined to produce this patient's bilateral visual loss consequent to retinal vaso-occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lessell
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012607:Scotoma / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology