Internal carotid artery pseudo occlusion with embolic cerebral ischemia and low flow in the central retinal artery: a diagnostic challenge.
We present a rare case of internal carotid artery pseudoocclusion (ICAPO) in a 60-year-old male Caucasian patient who experienced a reversible sudden loss of vision of the right eye for 10 min followed by recurrent blurring of vision as well as dysarthria and numbness in the left face. The referring ophthalmologist admitted the patient for suspicious occlusion of the internal carotid artery causing anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION).
Institute for Neuroradiology, Regensburg University Medical Center;
Christoph
C
Röhrer
Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Bezirksklinikum Regensburg;
Michael
M
Ertl
Department of Ophthalmology;
Mathias
M
Altmann
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Regensburg University Medical Center, Germany.
Piotr
P
Kasprzak
Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Bezirksklinikum Regensburg;
Ulrich
U
Bogdahn
Institute for Neuroradiology, Regensburg University Medical Center;
Gerhard
G
Schuierer
Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Bezirksklinikum Regensburg;
Felix
F
Schlachetzki
internal carotid artery; ischemia; low flow; pseudoocclusion; retinal artery.