Difficulty in articulation following left progressive blurred vision

PURPOSE: To report a case of Paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) caused by severe internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis and discuss the correlation between PAMM and ICA stenosis.

CASE DESCRIPTION: A 67-year-old male patient presented with left acute blurred vision for 1 week. The best-corrected visual acuity of the left eye was 0.01. Funduscopic examination showed multiple grayish patches around the left macula. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrated train-track hyperreflective lesions over the inner nuclear layer of the left eye. Afterwards, he experienced sudden slurred speech with fair comprehension. Magnetic resonance imaging and angiography of the brain demonstrated left lacunar infarction with severe left ICA stenosis. After anticoagulant therapy, his dysarthria and left visual acuity were improved significantly.

CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, PAMM in coincidence with lacunar infarction induced by ICA stenosis is firstly described in the literature. PAMM could be a critical warning of ICA stenosis, and this case can alert ophthalmologists to survey ICA stenosis in patients with PAMM.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

European journal of ophthalmology - 32(2022), 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite NP42-NP45

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, An-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wei-Dar [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Chien-Hsiung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Age-related macular degeneration
Anatomy/biochemistry/physiology
Arterial occlusive disease
Case Reports
Journal Article
Retina
Retinal degenerations associated with systemic disease

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Date Completed 12.08.2022

Date Revised 12.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/11206721211008037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323983340