A CASE OF OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME IN A YOUNG INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETIC MALE

It is well known that diabetic patients are at an increased risk of th e earlier development of significant atherosclerotic disease. We wish to report the case of a young insulin-dependent diabetic with an 18 mo nths history of rapidly progressing 'diabetic' retinopathy who present ed with right-sided weakness and was found to have severe caro id arte ry disease. We suggest that the sudden proliferation in his retinopath y was due to retinal ischaemia secondary to the carotid artery stenosi s and we wish to present this as a case of ocular ischaemic syndrome i n a young diabetic patient.