Atlas of Ophthalmology

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
After a while the retinal edema turns into atrophy and the retina becomes transparent again. In some of the vessels one sees an interrupted blood column, so called box-car formation, as a sign of very slow perfusion.
Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke Univ. Medical School, Durham, NC, USA
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Retina -> Vascular Diseases (see also: Systemic Immunologic Diseases) -> Arterial Obstructive (Occlusive) Disease of the Eye -> Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
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