title: Combined occlusion of branch retinal artery and vein secondary to prepapillary arterial loops.
abstract: A middle-aged diabetic and hypertensive man presented with diminished vision in the left eye. Fundus examination revealed prepapillary arterial loops, but with features of venous rather than arterial occlusion. Fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography confirmed the presence of a branch retinal vein occlusion along with two branch retinal artery occlusions. The resultant macular edema responded well to intravitreal triamcinolone and laser photocoagulation though the visual improvement was moderate.
authors: Anuradha
authors: A
authors: Dhawan
authors: Retina-Vitreous Service, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu; Retina-Vitreous Service, Ratan Jyoti Netralaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors: Dhananjay
authors: D
authors: Shukla
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D058449:Intravitreal Injections; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide