Regular Optic Nerve Head in Ocular Ischemic Syndrome (OIS) in Subacute Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) Occlusion (Colour Image, unaffected fellow eye)
Regular Optic Nerve Head in Ocular Ischemic Syndrome (OIS) in Subacute Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) Occlusion (Colour Image, unaffected fellow eye)
57-year-old woman, visual acuity BCVA 0.1 OD, 0.8 OS, intraocular pressure 24 mmHg OD, 20 mmHg OS,
Major complaints: subacute painless visual loss in the right eye.
General medical history: setting of hypertension.
Ocular medical history: gradual visual loss, no amaurosis fugax. Laboratory work-up excluded inflammatory arteritis (BKS:5/22,CRP:11,4).
Findings:
Colour fundus image non-affected fellow eye: at initial visit we found no optic disc pale, no retinal hemorrhages, no disc neovascularization (NV), no retinal NV.
Sysk, Christiane, Dr.med., Augenklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für augenheilkundliche Präventivmedizin, Augenklinik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany