Central retinal artery occlusions (CRAO) are the equivalent of an ischemic stroke at the retinal level. They share the same risk factors and common pathology. The diagnosis of a CRAO is clinically based on the sudden occurrence of a decrease in deep visual acuity with fundamentally signs of reactive ischemia. Small studies have highlighted the value of cerebral MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) in CRAO with almost 25% of ischemic strokes found on diffusion sequences and the demonstration of a correlation between anomalies in diffusion sequence and the probability of a pathology with a high risk of recurrence (carotid stenosis or emboligenic cardiopathy). But there are usually few radiological signs that allow a direct positive diagnosis of CRAO, an etiologic diagnosis or a prognosis. This descriptive study will focus on CRAO at the diagnostic and post-treatment phases in the short and medium term, in order to (i) identify imaging etiologic signs of CRAO with specific sequences from a 3 Tesla MRI, (ii) identify positive diagnostic signs of CRAO with the same specific sequences, (iii) correlate these signs with the visual prognosis one month after the CRAO.
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Contrast enhancement of the ophthalmic artery
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Presence of a thrombus
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Presence of an arterial stenosis of the supra aortic trunks
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Hypersignal of the ophthalmic artery in diffusion
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Restriction of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) at the optic nerve level and at the papilla level
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