Branch retinal artery occlusion

Case contributed by Kelly Trinh
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Poorly controlled hypertension with acute, painless, partial visual loss in the left eye for 5 days

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
Photo

Ultra-wide field image of the left eye (top) showed inferior branch retinal artery occlusion (indicated by the white arrow). Red-free image (bottom) demonstrated retinal whitening proximal to the occlusion.

Branch retinal artery occlusion was diagnosed. 

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