TY - JOUR
T1 - Microangiopathy of the retina and brain with hearing loss (Susac's syndrome) caused by cardiac emboli
AU - Loewenstein, Anat
AU - Sadeh, Alon
AU - Almog, Yehoshua
AU - Keren, Gadi
AU - Lazar, Moshe
PY - 1997/5
Y1 - 1997/5
N2 - The syndrome of microangiopathy causing retinopathy, encephalopathy, and hearing loss in young women is usually attributed to either an immunologic or an inflammatory disorder and treated accordingly. This article describes a young woman with multiple, bilateral branch retinal arteriolar occlusions, encephalopathy, and hearing loss. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation. The patient was successfully treated with anticoagulants. The syndrome of retinopathy, encephalopathy, and hearing loss may be the result of microembolism from a cardiac source.
AB - The syndrome of microangiopathy causing retinopathy, encephalopathy, and hearing loss in young women is usually attributed to either an immunologic or an inflammatory disorder and treated accordingly. This article describes a young woman with multiple, bilateral branch retinal arteriolar occlusions, encephalopathy, and hearing loss. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation. The patient was successfully treated with anticoagulants. The syndrome of retinopathy, encephalopathy, and hearing loss may be the result of microembolism from a cardiac source.
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AN - SCOPUS:0030907633
SN - 1079-4794
VL - 29
SP - 197
EP - 200
JO - Annals of Ophthalmology - Glaucoma
JF - Annals of Ophthalmology - Glaucoma
IS - 3
ER -