[Retinal artery occlusion as part of susac's syndrome]

ABSTRACT

We report a single case of Susac's syndrome wich is a microangiopathy of the brain, retina and cochlea. A 45 years old women developed central retinal artery occlusion in the left eye, associated with bilateral hearing loss that mostly involved low and middle frequencies. MRI of the brain revealed numerous under-cortical, paraventricular and callous lesions. The treatment consisted of anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs