“…Frequent etiologies include hypercoagulable states, hyperhomocysteinemia, vasculitis, emboli from cardiac valvular disease, and other risk factors such as smoking, use of oral contraceptives, and vasospasm such as in a history of migraine [2][3][4][5][6][7] . There are few published reports of retinal artery occlusion associated with hyperhomocysteinemia in children [7][8][9] . Abnormal accumulation of homocysteine in plasma, as found in this inborn error of metabolism of the amino acid methionine, also has a toxic effect on endothelial cells resulting in arteriosclerosis, and arterial and venous thromboembolic events at a young age.…”