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Progressive Central Artery Occlusion, Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion, and Hemispheric Intracranial Thrombosis after COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Application: Case Report
Thromboembolic events as a result of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination are a rare, though life-threatening complication. In this case report, we describe a 40-year-old female patient who developed central retinal artery and ophthalmic artery occlusion progressing to intracranial thrombosis 3 weeks after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Initially, she presented with progressive acute and painless unilateral vision loss in her left eye. Dilated fundoscopy of left eye showed macular whitening with sparing of the area of cilioretinal artery distribution. Labs revealed a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-re...
Source: Case Reports in Ophthalmology - April 18, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research

Risk factors for ischemic cerebral stroke in patient with acute amaurosis fugax
CONCLUSION: Ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction were diagnosed in 0.3%-0.9% of hospitalized acute AF cases. Presence of hypercoagulable state, systemic vasculitis, CAD, and atherosclerosis each individually increased the risk of ischemic stroke by more than 3-fold; patients with these risk factors and acute AF should be closely monitored for developing acute systemic thrombotic events.PMID:36368408 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcjo.2022.10.010
Source: Atherosclerosis - November 11, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tony Y Chen Aditya Uppuluri Owais Aftab Marco Zarbin Nathan Agi Neelakshi Bhagat Source Type: research

Neurological Involvement in Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Conclusion Neurological involvement is a common complication of PSV (Table 1), and neurologists play an important role in the identification and diagnosis of PSV patients with otherwise unexplained neurological symptoms as their chief complaint. This article summarizes the neurological manifestations of PSV and hopes to improve neuroscientists' understanding of this broad range of diseases. TABLE 1 Table 1. Common CNS and PNS involvements of primary systemic vasculitis. Author Contributions SZ conceived the article and wrote the manuscript. DY and GT reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors ...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Bilateral central retinal vein occlusions in a young patient with a history of eosinophilic pneumonia and thalamic stroke
Conclusion: Central retinal vein occlusion in young patients is a rare condition often presenting as a manifestation of an underlying inflammatory or hematological disorder. Combined anti–vascular endothelial growth factor treatment and pan-retinal photocoagulation may have resolved the associated cystoid macular edema in this case, although continued observation is necessary.
Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports - October 1, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Urgent Evaluation of the Patient With Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
There is a fundamental difference in point of view between the study by Lavin and associates1 and the commentary by Hayreh,2 but they agree on one basic principle: patients with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) require immediate evaluation for potential causes of the vascular occlusion, including disease of the carotid arteries and the heart, hyperlipidemia, hypercoagulability, and vasculitis. Hayreh suggests that an outpatient evaluation performed by the ophthalmologist is sufficient to identify the conditions that require therapy to prevent further events and that urgent referral to a stroke center or emergency de...
Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology - October 1, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Anthony C. Arnold Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Long-term outcomes in a series of idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome.
CONCLUSION: IRVAN is an important diagnosis for clinicians to recognize. When treated in a timely manner, long-term visual outcomes can be favourable. PMID: 30340706 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology - October 1, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Massicotte E, Hassanaly S, Bélair ML, Oliver K, Fortin E Tags: Can J Ophthalmol Source Type: research

Not as Simple as Canker Sores
BY ​NANA P. MATSUMOTO, & DEREK MEEKS, DO​​A 16-year-old boy presented to a rural ED with a swollen jaw, painful blisters in the mouth, and earache for the past day. One week before, he had a fever with chills, sore throat, and dry coughs. He was not taking any medications, and his immunizations were up-to-date. He had a mild learning disorder but no significant past medical or surgical history.​An apthous ulcer, the most common and one of the earliest signs of Behçet's disease.The patient's vital signs were within normal limits, and his physical examination revealed anterior cervical lymphadenopathy, sinus con...
Source: The Case Files - October 11, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research