title: Transient branch retinal artery occlusion in a 15-year-old girl and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Retinal artery occlusion is an extremely rare diagnosis in the pediatric population and the etiology with risk factors of retinal artery occlusion are poorly understood in younger individuals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This case report a rare case of transient branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) in a healthy young girl. A fifteen-year-old girl presented with painless decreased vision in her right eye. Fundus examination revealed in the right eye intensive edema of the part of superior half of the retina, but the vessels were absolutely normal. She was hospitalized for diagnosis and treatment. A thorough workup was performed to determine any etiologic factor. Her physical examination was normal, but from anamnesis has been found that patient began use oral contraception at the time of occurrence eye problems. The condition is evaluated as transient branch retinal artery occlusion by the course of the disease. The paper includes the review of the literature also.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Though retinal arterial obstruction is rare in the pediatric population, this case highlights the importance of including this in the differential diagnosis of acute vision loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove.
authors.forename: Alexandr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stepanov
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove.
authors.forename: Libor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hejsek
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove.
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiraskova
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove.
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feuermannova
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rencova
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove.
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rozsival
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral
keywords: branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO); oral contraception; pediatric population