Abstract
Ophthalmic artery occlusion usually presents as a sudden onset profound decrease in vision in the middle-aged and elderly patients following periocular procedures (retrobulbar injection/glabellar fat injection), embolism from the heart or after prolonged systemic surgery. In this report, we describe three children with spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion who presented with unilateral loss of vision and diagnosed elsewhere as optic atrophy whose detailed history and examination were suggestive of ophthalmic artery occlusion. Detailed systemic and laboratory evaluation revealed hyperhomocysteinemia as the only potential risk factor. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the association of hyperhomocysteinemia and spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.4103/0974-620x.159270
- Journal
- Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 8(2), 122-124
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Sachdeva, V., Garg, R., Pathengay, A., & Kekunnaya, R. (2015). Spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion in children due to Hyperhomocysteinemia. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 8(2), 122-124. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-620x.159270
MLA 9
Sachdeva, Virender, et al. "Spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion in children due to Hyperhomocysteinemia." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 8, no. 2, 2015, pp. 122-124. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-620x.159270.
Chicago (author–date)
Sachdeva, Virender, Ravi Garg, Avinash Pathengay, and Ramesh Kekunnaya. 2015. "Spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion in children due to Hyperhomocysteinemia." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 8 (2): 122-124. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-620x.159270.
Harvard
Sachdeva, V., Garg, R., Pathengay, A. and Kekunnaya, R. (2015) 'Spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion in children due to Hyperhomocysteinemia', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 8(2), pp. 122-124. doi:10.4103/0974-620x.159270.
Vancouver
Sachdeva V, Garg R, Pathengay A, Kekunnaya R. Spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion in children due to Hyperhomocysteinemia. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015;8(2):122-124. doi:10.4103/0974-620x.159270
IEEE
V. Sachdeva, R. Garg, A. Pathengay, and R. Kekunnaya, "Spontaneous ophthalmic artery occlusion in children due to Hyperhomocysteinemia," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 122-124, 2015, doi: 10.4103/0974-620x.159270.