title: Branch retinal artery occlusion after thyroid artery interventional embolization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of branch retinal artery occlusion after thyroid artery interventional embolization.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old man with hyperthyroidism complained of visual loss and scotoma in the left eye after thyroid artery interventional embolization. He underwent a full ophthalmologic examination, including fluorescein angiography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Visual acuity was 20/25, with inferior and superior scotomas present in the left eye. Fluorescein angiography of the left eye revealed delayed filling of a superotemporal branch retinal artery and nonfilling of an inferotemporal branch retinal artery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A small, but definite risk of retinal artery occlusion after thyroid artery interventional embolization should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China. wfwzt@163.net
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000098:blood supply*; D014792:Visual Acuity