Abstract:A 63 year-old man presented with an occlusion of the inferior temporal artery in his right eye, followed ten days later by an obstruction of the central retinal artery. Internal carotid stenosis was diagnosed and the patient underwent carotid endarterectomy. The retinal arterial circulation was restored except in the previously occluded inferotemporal artery. Nine months after the occlusion, preretinal new vessels began to grow at the border of the ischaemic area. Possible mechanisms governing the proliferatio… Show more
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