Open AccessCilioretinal artery occlusion following intranasal cocaine insufflations
Author(s) -
Balaji Kannan,
V. Balaji,
Sherin Kummararaj,
Govindarajan Kummararaj
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.83619
Subject(s) - medicine , cocaine abuse , nasal administration , occlusion , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry , pharmacology
Cocaine is used to produce a euphoric effect by abusers, who may be unaware of the devastating systemic and ocular side effects of this drug. We describe the first known case of cilioretinal artery occlusion after intranasal cocaine abuse.