A Case of Bilateral Continuous Central Retinal Artery Occulusion.

Accession number;99A0460696
Title;A Case of Bilateral Continuous Central Retinal Artery Occulusion.
Author; NAKAMURA HAJIME (Osaka Red Cross Hosp.) SAKAUE HIROSHI (Osaka Red Cross Hosp.) YOSHIDA HIDEHIKO (Osaka Red Cross Hosp.) KAMIZURU HIROSHI (Osaka Red Cross Hosp.) FUKUDA HIROMI (Osaka Red Cross Hosp.)
Journal Title;Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society
Journal Code:Z0666A
ISSN:0029-0203
VOL.103;NO.4;PAGE.327-331(1999)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, TBL.1, REF.11
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Background: We report a case of bilateral simultaneous central retinal artery occlusion(CRAO). The time lag was 21 hours. Case: The patient was a 78-year-old women. She had hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and bilateral thrombosis of the legs. Both eyes could only distinguish light and dark at the first medical examination. Results: We started steroid and urokinase therapy and used a vasodilator of peripheral vessels. When the patient left the hospital, visual acuity had improved to the ability of counting fingers(0.01 left-ward 30cm on the left). Conclusions: Both visual field and color vision had improved slihthly. We think this bilateral CRAO resulted from thrombosis of both central retinal arteries at almost the same time. (author abst.)
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