Open AccessCilioretinal artery occlusion following scleral reinforcement surgery
Author(s) -
Karabatsas Constantinos H.,
Waldock Andrew,
Potts Michael J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0420
pISSN - 1395-3907
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00784.x
Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , ophthalmology , surgery
A 12‐year‐old high myope girl presented with a cilioretinal artery occlusion in her left eye. Three years previously, she had undergone posterior scleral support surgery to prevent the progression of her myopia. The general medical workup of the patient did not reveal any causative factor for retinal artery occlusion. A possible relation between the cilioretinal artery obstruction and the previous scleral reinforcement surgery is postulated based on two proposed mechanisms.