title: STRANGULATION-INDUCED CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with central retinal artery occlusion following an episode of mechanical strangulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective case report. An 83-year-old man presented with acute vision loss in his right eye after a strangling episode. Multimodal clinical imaging was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Visual acuity in the affected right eye was no light perception. Examination revealed optic nerve edema and optic nerve pallor and also severe vascular attenuation and a cherry-red spot in the macula.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mechanical disruption of carotid plaque can lead to occlusion of the central retinal artery, which may portend a dismal visual prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Byers Eye Institute, Horngren Family Vitreoretinal Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Greven
authors.forename: Darius M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Moshfeghi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000150:complications*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity