[A case of bilateral continuous central retinal artery occlusion].
BACKGROUND
We report a case of bilateral simultaneous central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). The time lag was 21 hours.


METHODS
The patient was a 78-year-old woman. She had hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and bilateral thrombosis of the legs. Both eyes could only distinguish light and dark at the first medical examination.


RESULTS
We started steroid and urokinase therapy and used a vasodilator of peripheral vessels. When the patient left the hospital, visual acuity had improved to the ability of counting fingers (0.01 leftward 30 cm on the left).


CONCLUSIONS
Both visual field and color vision had improved slightly. We think this bilateral CRAO resulted from thrombosis of both central retinal arteries at almost the same time.
Nakamura
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Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Sakaue
H
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Yoshida
H
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Kamizuru
H
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Fukuda
H
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications