Paracentral acute middle maculopathy in patient with atherosclerosis and angioplasty with stents in the coronary artery

Abstract

ABSTRACT Sophisticated imaging systems have helped to redefine the clinical presentation of acute macular neuroretinopathy and have markedly enhanced diagnostic sensitivity. The proposed mechanism of paracentral acute middle maculopathy is related to ischemia at the level of the superficial and deep retinal capillary plexi. This is a case report of a patient who developed an acute macular neuroretinopathy after an uneventful angioplasty with stents in the coronary artery.

Keywords

• Macula lutea
• Retinal vessels
• Constriction, pathologic
• Tomography, optical coherence
• Macular degeneration
• Angioplasty
• Stents