Simultaneous vitreous hemorrhage and branch retinal artery occlusion after prepapillary arterial loop rupture

M Codenotti; G Fogliato; U De Benedetto; L Iuliano; F Bandello

doi:10.1016/j.jfo.2012.07.005

Simultaneous vitreous hemorrhage and branch retinal artery occlusion after prepapillary arterial loop rupture

J Fr Ophtalmol. 2013 Apr;36(4):e63-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2012.07.005. Epub 2013 Feb 12.

Authors

M Codenotti¹, G Fogliato, U De Benedetto, L Iuliano, F Bandello

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 60 Via Olgettina, 20132 Milan, Italy.

PMID: 23410854
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2012.07.005

Abstract

Prepapillary arterial loops are rare benign congenital vascular anomalies that may be complicated by vitreous hemorrhage and branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO). We describe the first case in the literature of simultaneous occurrence of both these complications in the same eye of a patient with a bilateral prepapillary arterial loop, successfully treated with vitrectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Electrocoagulation
Eye Abnormalities / complications*
Eye Abnormalities / pathology
Eye Abnormalities / surgery
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Humans
Middle Aged
Retinal Artery / abnormalities
Retinal Artery / surgery
Retinal Artery Occlusion / complications
Retinal Artery Occlusion / diagnosis
Retinal Artery Occlusion / etiology*
Retinal Artery Occlusion / surgery
Retinal Vessels / abnormalities
Retinal Vessels / pathology
Retinal Vessels / surgery
Rupture, Spontaneous / complications*
Rupture, Spontaneous / surgery
Vascular Malformations / complications*
Vascular Malformations / pathology
Vascular Malformations / surgery
Vitrectomy
Vitreous Hemorrhage / complications
Vitreous Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Vitreous Hemorrhage / etiology*
Vitreous Hemorrhage / surgery

Supplementary concepts

Prepapillary Vascular Loops