Ocular stroke and carotid artery dissection

Neurology. 1989 Nov;39(11):1462-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.11.1462.

Abstract

Carotid artery dissection frequently causes transient ipsilateral visual impairment. We present 2 cases of permanent ocular vaso-occlusion sequelae consequent to dissection of the ipsilateral internal carotid, definite in one and probable in the other. In both, the ocular strokes led to the recognition of the underlying carotid vasculopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Retinal Artery Occlusion / etiology*