Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in a Young Female with Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Rajan Paul^1, and Dai Barr¹

¹Aberystwyth Eye Centre, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Abersywyth SY23 2EG United Kingdom

Cite this paper

Rajan Paul and Dai Barr. Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in a Young Female with Fibromuscular Dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(5):148-152. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-3-5-9

Abstract

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a rare non-arteriosclerotic, non-inflammatory arterial disease affecting the large arteries e.g renal, carotid, mesenteric and coronary. We describe a case of Central retinal artery occlusion with embolus reorientation in a patient with FMD.

Keywords

Fibromuscular dysplasia, central retinal artery occlusion, embolus reorientation

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

References

[1]	Fievez ML.Fibromuscular dysplasia of arteries: a spastic phenomenon? Med Hypotheses. 1984 Mar; 13(3):341-9.
[2]	Leadbetter WF, Burkland CE. Hypertension in unilateral renal disease.J Urol 1938; 39: 611-26.
[3]	Slovut, D.P. and Olin, J.W. Fibromuscular dysplasia. N Engl J Med. 2004; 350: 1862-1871.
[4]	Pascual A, Bush HS, Copley JB. Renal fibromuscular dysplasia in elderly persons. Am J Kidney Dis 2005; 45: e63-6.
[5]	Olin JW, Froehlich J, Gu X, et al. The United States Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Results in the First 447 Patients. Circulation. 2012; 125: 3182-3190.
[6]	Stanley JC, Fry WJ. Renovascular hypertension secondary to arterial fibrodysplasia in adults: criteria for operation and results of surgical therapy. Arch Surg 1975; 110: 922-8.
[7]	Olin JW, Pierce M. Contemporary management of fibromuscular dysplasia Curr Opin Cardiol. 2008 Nov; 23(6): 527-36.
[8]	Kolluri R, Ansel G. Fibromuscular dysplasia of bilateral brachialarteries--a case report and literature review. Angiology2004; 55(6): 685-9.
[9]	Persu A, Touzé E, Mousseaux E, et al. Diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia: an expert consensus. Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42: 338-47.
[10]	Altun A, Altun G, Olcaysu OO et al. Central retinal artery occlusion in association with fibromuscular dysplasia.Clin Ophthalmology 2013; 7: 2253-5.
[11]	Matonti F, Prost Magnin O, Galland F et al. Internal carotid artery dissection on arterial fibromuscular dysplasia causing a central retinal artery occlusion: a case report. [Article in French]. J Fr Ophtalmol. 2006 Sep; 29(7):e15.
[12]	Sawada T, Harino S, Ikeda T. Central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with fibromuscular dysplasia. Retina 2004 Jun; 24(3): 461-4.
[13]	Choi JH, Jung J, Park KP et al J Neurol Sci. Intracranial fibromuscular dysplasia presenting as various ocular manifestations. 2014 Feb 15; 337(1-2): 232-4.
[14]	Warrasak S, Tapaneya-Olarn W, Euswas A et al. Fibromuscular dysplasia: a rare cause of cilioretinal artery occlusion in childhood. Ophthalmology. 2000 Apr; 107(4):737-41.