The central retinal artery is one of the main arterial supplies for the retina. It pierces the eyeball close to the optic nerve and within the dural sheath, and it branches and supplies the inner retinal layers.
Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is not uncommon, and it has various predispositions. The incidence of CRAO is 1 to 10 persons per 100,000. When the blood flow is interrupted for longer than 4 hours, retinal damage is usually massive, and vision loss is usually irreversible. In this column, we describe a patient who developed CRAO following acute migraine and his recovery with