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:
MRI scan angiography verified occlusion of the right internal carotid artery.
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