Case Report of Ocular Ischemic Syndrome, Taif, Saudi Arabia | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 29, Volume 70, Issue 9, January 2018, Pages 1710-1713 PDF (336.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdulmohsen Hamad Hamed Alhamyani1; Sami Awd Alharthi1; Sara Hussein A Gebril2; Mohamed Ahmed Siddig2; Osama A Alhaj2; Nuha Mohamed Ahmed2; Talal Abdulrahman Althomali3 | ||
| 1Taif medical college, Taif ,Saudi Arabia | ||
| 2King Faisal hospital | ||
| 3Taif university, Taif ,Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) is more prevalent among male aged more than 50 years. Various disorders such as diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral vascular diseases are major risk factors responsible for OIS in aged male. Case report: This case study involves a 57-year-old male patient having history of diabetes, hypertension, slurred speech, hemiparesis and hypoesthesia of the right side of the body. The patient came with complain of red eye, pain and decreased vision in left eye. Complete left internal carotid artery obstruction, rubeosis iridis of the left eye, dots of hyphema of the left eye, bilateral hard exudates, significant macular edema and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy were observed in the patient. In this case, in consultation with ophthalmology, surgery and medicine departments multidrug treatment procedure was followed. This multi-drug based therapy successfully controlled the condition of patient and improved the vision of patient. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Ocular ischemic syndrome; left internal carotid obstruction | ||
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