Menu
Back to Journals » Clinical Ophthalmology » Volume 6
A case of cilioretinal artery occlusion resembling hemicentral retinal artery occlusion
Authors Makino S, Ohkawara, Sato Y
Received 11 September 2012
Accepted for publication 8 October 2012
Published 23 November 2012 Volume 2012:6 Pages 1945—1947
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S37991
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 4
Shinji Makino, Yuriko Ohkawara, Yukihiro Sato
Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
Abstract: A 77-year-old man presented with an inferior hemivisual field defect in the left eye. Funduscopy revealed well demarcated retinal edema of the superior quadrant resembling hemicentral retinal artery occlusion. Further, the upper and inferior retinal arteries emerged separately from the optic disc. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated a marked filling delay of the upper retinal artery. We repeated fluorescein angiography, which showed that the involved upper retinal artery was a cilioretinal artery having an earlier dye appearance than the lower retinal artery. We suggest that when cases of hemicentral retinal artery occlusion are encountered, vascular architecture at the optic disc should be evaluated carefully.
Keywords: cilioretinal artery occlusion, hemicentral retinal artery occlusion, fluorescein fundus angiography
© 2012 The Author(s). This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License.
By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms.