Amaurosis Fugax

"detection of unstable carotid plaque by tissue doppler imaging and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in a patient with recurrent amaurosis fugax.", by Kunte H, Rückert RI, Schmidt C, Harms L, Kasper AS, Hellweg R, Grigoryev M, Fischer T, Kronenberg G. fig2: (a) Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of the carotid segment shown in Figure 1(a) (left). Intraplaque neovascularization is marked by red arrows. B-mode ultrasound of the same region (right). (b) Immunohistochemistry of CEA specimen corresponding to...

Amaurosis fugax is a temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes due to a lack of blood flow to the retina. The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eyeball. Amaurosis fugax is not itself a disease. Amaurosis fugax can occur from different causes. When a blood embolism or an item of plaque obstructs an artery in the eye, one cause is. The blood embolism or plaque usually travels from a larger artery, such as the carotid artery in the neck or an artery in the heart, to an artery in the eye. Some people explain the loss of vision as a grey or black color coming down over the eye.

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