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Reminder of important clinical lesson
CASE REPORT
Central retinal artery occlusion in a 30-year-old woman taking tranexamic acid
  1. Sidath Wijetilleka1,
  2. Damien Chia Ming Yeo1,
  3. Bhavana Sharma2
  1. 1Cardiff Eye Unit, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
  2. 2Ophthalmology Department, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sidath Wijetilleka, sidath.wijetilleka{at}googlemail.com

Summary

We present a case of a 30-year-old woman who suffered a central retinal artery occlusion while taking tranexamic acid. She had no vascular risk factors and was placed on the drug for treatment of menorrhagia. After 1 month of taking the drug, she suffered a central retinal artery occlusion in her left eye. Tranexamic acid was discontinued to prevent vision loss in the following eye. She remains with no perception of light vision in the affected eye.

  • Retina
  • Unwanted Effects / Adverse Reactions

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218246

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors SW followed up the patient, obtained clinical information, obtained consent and prepared the manuscript. DCMY planned the paper, prepared the manuscript, sourced the picture and did the literature review. BS helped with the design of the manuscript, did the literature review and prepared the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.