Type presentatie | E-poster |
Titel | Posterior ciliary arterial system occlusion after treatment for epistaxis |
Doel | To report a case of iatrogenic cilioretinal artery occlusion and choroidal ischemia after embolization of the sphenopalatine artery. |
Methodes | A 58-year-old man was referred for a severe visual loss in the left eye at awakening from general anaesthesia. He had undergone a selective embolization of the left sphenopalatine artery with 300-500 ym EmboGold® Microspheres for an idiopathic refractory posterior epistaxis. |
Resultaten | Fundus examination showed a pale edema in the inter-papillo-macular area, sign of cilioretinal artery occlusion in the left eye. Fluorescein angiography revealed delayed cilioretinal artery perfusion and extensive areas of choroidal hypoperfusion. A variable number of anastomoses exist between branches of the internal and external carotid arteries carrying a risk of neurological accidents during embolization when embolic material inadvertently enters the internal carotid artery or its first collateral branch, the ophthalmic artery. |
Conclusie | This case shows that posterior ciliary arterial system occlusion combining cilioretinal artery occlusion and choroidal hypoperfusion, can occur as complication of epistaxis treatment. Ophthalmologists and otorhinolaryngologists need to be aware of the risk of this rare but possible complication. |
Belangenverstrengeling | Nee |
Details verstrengelde belangen | / |
Naam | LEDOUX |
Initialen | P |
Instituut | CHU UCL Namur |
Stad | Yvoir |
Naam | ATES |
Initialen | E |
Instituut | CHU UCL Namur |
Stad | Yvoir |
Naam | BUGHIN |
Initialen | A |
Instituut | CHU UCL Namur |
Stad | Yvoir |
Naam | LEVECQ |
Initialen | L |
Instituut | CHU UCL Namur |
Stad | Yvoir |