biostudies-literatureUnknown13Lv SStroke is the leading cause of death among Chinese residents, a common form of which is acute large-vessel occlusion ischemic stroke, characterized by high incidence, disability, and mortality rates. To improve stroke prognosis, mechanical thrombectomy has been promoted as an effective treatment, but it involves risks of such complications as hemorrhagic transformation (symptomatic or asymptomatic bleeding), new distal embolism, reocclusion, restenosis, intraoperative vascular dissection, perforation, spasm, and hyperperfusion syndrome. As a case study, this article reports a 66-year-old male patient who suddenly developed acute cerebral infarction with acute occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery M1 segment. After mechanical thrombectomy, the patient experienced a rare complication SAGE open medical case reports2050313X251381564https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12464436biostudies-literaturePurtscher-like retinopathy following mechanical thrombectomy: A case report.PMC12464436Liu HLi CDing CGuo XLv SLiu RBian JLi KSun JfalsePurtscher-like retinopathy following mechanical thrombectomy: A case report.Stroke is the leading cause of death among Chinese residents, a common form of which is acute large-vessel occlusion ischemic stroke, characterized by high incidence, disability, and mortality rates. To improve stroke prognosis, mechanical thrombectomy has been promoted as an effective treatment, but it involves risks of such complications as hemorrhagic transformation (symptomatic or asymptomatic bleeding), new distal embolism, reocclusion, restenosis, intraoperative vascular dissection, perforation, spasm, and hyperperfusion syndrome. As a case study, this article reports a 66-year-old male patient who suddenly developed acute cerebral infarction with acute occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery M1 segment. After mechanical thrombectomy, the patient experienced a rare complication 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z20252026-05-02T03:17:01.123Z2026-05-02T03:08:44.435ZS-EPMC124644364101983010.1177/2050313X251381564