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Resolution of proliferative venous stasis retinopathy after carotid endarterectomy
  1. Christina A Rennie,
  2. Declan W Flanagan
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  1. Correspondence to: Dr C Rennie, Department of Ophthalmology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Okus Road, Swindon, Wilts, SN1 4JU, UK Accepted for publication 23 July 2001

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.1.117

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    Ocular ischaemic syndrome (OIS) may present as an asymmetric retinopathy in diabetic patients. We report a case of asymmetric diabetic retinopathy with posterior segment neovascularisation due to OIS associated with critical ipsilateral carotid stenosis where the neovascularisation resolved after carotid endarterectomy.

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    A 50 year old woman presented in May 1996 with left sided weakness. She had hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, a family history of vascular disease, and was a smoker. She was found to be diabetic with peripheral retinal ischaemia and disc neovascularisation in the right eye, and minimal retinal ischaemia in the left eye (Fig 1). Her visual acuities were 6/12 in the right eye and 6/9 on the left. There was no anterior segment neovascularisation in either eye. Carotid Doppler and carotid angiography showed critical stenosis at the origin of the right internal carotid artery. The right middle cerebral artery branches were visualised as a result of retrograde flow through the ophthalmic artery. The left internal carotid artery was narrowed by …

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