Bilateral vascular occlusions of the anterior visual pathway and cocaine abuse

Scott M. Friedman; Curtis E. Margo; Mark Konicki; Michael Campanelli; Lee M. Jampol; Oren Z. Plous

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Bilateral vascular occlusions of the anterior visual pathway and cocaine abuse

Scott M. Friedman^*, Curtis E. Margo, Mark Konicki, Michael Campanelli, Lee M. Jampol, Oren Z. Plous

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Purpose: Describe bilateral vision loss from ischemic injury of the anterior visual pathway due to recreational cocaine. Methods: Case report. Patient: A 33-year-old man presented to the emergency room with headache associated with multiple cerebral hemispheric lesions on computed tomogram. Results: During hospital admission, he lost vision from a right central retinal artery occlusion and an ischemic event to the left optic nerve head. Extensive diagnostic evaluation was unrewarding. The patient admitted to persistent cocaine abuse after his 2-month hospitalization. Conclusion: The diagnosis of cocaine-related vascular occlusion to the anterior visual pathway may not be considered because physicians are unaware of these ocular side effects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-98
Number of pages	4
Journal	Retinal Cases and Brief Reports
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0b013e318199b0c6
State	Published - Mar 1 2010

Keywords

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Central retinal artery occlusion
Cocaine abuse
Drug abuse
Neuroretinitis

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Ophthalmology

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