Pipeline embolization device: a new source for embolic retinal vascular occlusion.
- 2013
Available online from MWHC library: 2001 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1998 - 2006
A 57-year-old woman underwent treatment of a left internal carotid artery aneurysm with a Pipeline embolization device. She subsequently experienced multiple branch retinal artery occlusions in her left eye. Although rare, ophthalmic complications may follow this new technique in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.