Anomalous retinal vasculature in a patient with a history of aortic coarctation.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to report a case of anomalous retinal vasculature in a patient with a history of aortic coarctation.


METHODS
This is a case report.


RESULTS
We present the case of a 4-month-old male infant with a history of juxtaductal aortic coarctation diagnosed on prenatal ultrasound, repaired at 2 weeks of life, who was referred for possible retinal detachment of the right eye. Examination under anesthesia and fluorescein angiography showed persistent fetal vasculature and tractional retinal detachment of the right eye and anomalous retinal vasculature of the left eye.


CONCLUSIONS
Although aortic coarctation has been associated with arteriole corkscrew tortuosity and serpentine pulsation of arterioles, it can also be associated with an anomalous retinal vascular pattern.
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Quan V
QV
Hoang
Michael P
MP
Blair
Michael J
MJ
Shapiro