Occlusion of a branch of the central retinal artery by a corpus alienum as a rare complication of the carotid arteriography.
This report concerns a 43-year-old female patient, complaining of a film over the eye after carotid arteriography. Ophthalmoscopical examination showed an occlusion of a branch of the central retinal artery just at the nasal border of the optic disc with a slight blurring at the edge of the papilla in this area. Retinal edema was found in the supporting area of the arteria temporalis inferior and the visual field shows, accordingly, a lost sector. Endogenous embolism is discussed here in contrast to an exogenous one as well as its causes.
D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D012161:Retinal Artery; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012607:Scotoma / Q000209:etiology; D014794:Visual Fields