Identifier |
30_Long-standing Embolic (Calcific) Obstruction of the Inferior Temporal Artery |
Title |
Long-standing Embolic (Calcific) Obstruction of the Inferior Temporal Artery |
Creator |
David G. Cogan, MD (1908-1993) |
Contributors |
David D. Donaldson |
Affiliation |
(DGC) Former Director of Ophthalmology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Subject |
Retina; Mitral Valve Stenosis; Calcification, Physiologic; Embolism; Temporal Arteries; Fundus Oculi |
Description |
Presenting Symptom: Partial blindness. Pathology: Embolism. Clinical: The patient was a 52-year old male who with rheumatogenic mitral stenosis who developed partial blindness immediately following mitral commissurotomy. An embolus was seen on the disc obstructing the inferior temporal artery with opacification of the corresponding retina. The present photograph, taken a year later, shows the same embolus with obliteration of a short segment of the artery, collateral circulation just off the disc and normal appearing retinal arteries peripheral to this collateral supply. Characteristic of calcific emboli, as represented by the present case, is their permanence and lack of fragmentation. (The blue dot at the edge of the disc is a photographic artifact.) Disease/ Diagnosis: Retinal artery occlusion |
Date |
1971 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Type |
Image |
Relation is Part of |
Ocular Fundus Slides |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: David G. Cogan Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Cogan/ |
Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s68g8nd3 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_dgc |
ID |
177283 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68g8nd3 |