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Amaurosis Fugax and Stenosis of the Ophthalmic Artery

A Case Report

Department of Surgery, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands

Peter H. Hoogland, MD

Department of Radiology, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands

A. C. de Vries, MD

J. C. Alexander de Mol van Otterloo, MD

Department of Surgery, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands

Amaurosis fugax has many causes. Its most common cause is transient hypoperfusion of the eye, caused by thromboemboli from atherosclerotic carotid arteries. Thromboembolism from carotid arteries is a risk factor for cerebral infarction, and preventive endarterectomy could be performed. This report describes a patient with a rare ophthalmic artery stenosis, which was the probable origin of thromboemboli. This finding prevented surgical intervention.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 35, No. 2, 141-143 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/153857440103500210


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