Visual Improvement following Acute Obstruction of the Retinal and Choroidal Blood Flows.
- Author:
Byung Soo JUNG
1
;
Hae Young LEE
;
Shin Hwan JOO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Central retinal artery obstruction;
Ophthalmic artery obstruction
- MeSH:
Arteries;
Choroid*;
Humans;
Ophthalmic Artery;
Prognosis;
Retinal Artery;
Retinaldehyde*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1995;36(10):1816-1820
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The prognosis for useful vision after central retinal artery obstruction is generally considered poor, except in those cases with a patent cilioretinal artery. When the choroidal circulation is affected as well in the form of an ophthalmic artery obstruction, characteristically the visual loss is more severe and the retinal whitening is more intense and, the cherry-red spot may be present. We report a patient with partial visual improvement following acute obstruction of the retinal and choroidal circulations more than three hours.
