Purpose: This case report describes combined central retinal veincilioretinal artery occlusion in a 16-year-old healthy girl. To our knowledge, our patient is the youngest described so for in the MEDLINE literature.
Methods: The patient underwent a full history, physical examination, and extensive laboratory studies to determine the potential risk factors leading to her vascular occlusion.
A prospective study of all patients with ocular trauma seen by an ophthalmologist at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department or ophthalmology clinic in Dallas between December 1, 2001, and April 30, 2002, was performed. One hundred fifty-seven patients with 181 injured eyes were included. Eighty-three percent of patients were male, and 64% were younger than 40 years.
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