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REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Author(s) -
Brenda C. Spillman,
Eva H. Allen,
Melissa Favreault
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1971.tb03761.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , library science , operations research , engineering
Occlusion of the arterial circulation of the eye has bceii called by the names embolism, thrombosis, occlusion and obstruction as its etiology can rarely be verified. The term embolism of the central retinal artery was employed by uon Graefe in 1859 in his classical description of obstruction of the central artery in a patient with endocarditis. Schweigger in 1864 verified the case histologically. The first to draw attention to the possibility of a thrombotic etiology of retinal arterial obstruction was Loring (1874). As an appellation in accordance with etiology is impossible to use, artrrial olxtruction will be termed occlusion in the following. Specific infections which are able to occlude the retinal vessels wrre called vasculitis (e.g. syphilis) by Hogan and Zimmerman (1962). In addition to them, there are several diseases of unknown etiology and uncertain pathogenesis of which the more important examples are temporal arteritis (Horton and others 1952), thromboangiitis ohliterans (Buerger’s disease), hypersensitivity angiitis, collagenoses and pulselcss disease (Takayasu’s disease).