Open AccessPutative non‐uniting double central retinal artery system
Author(s) -
Beiran Itzchak,
Gelfand Yuval,
Miller Benjamin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0420
pISSN - 1395-3907
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2001.790523.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retinal , retina , central retinal artery , central retinal artery occlusion , globe , retinal artery , ophthalmology , anatomy , circulation (fluid dynamics) , ophthalmic artery , retinal artery occlusion , optometry , cardiology , neuroscience , biology , blood flow , physics , thermodynamics
. Purpose: To report a case of probable non‐uniting double retinal arterial circulation. Methods: Case report. A 66‐year‐old man suffered central retinal artery occlusion. Results: The medical findings and angiographic workup supported the existence of double central retinal circulation not uniting before entering the globe and independently branching in the retina. Conclusions: In previously recognized unusual anatomic structures of the central retinal artery two parallel arteries were recognized, both of which united before entering the globe. We have described a rare anatomic variant in which those arteries remained separated after entering the globe, including while branching in the retina.