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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion, recent, with Open Cilioretinal Arteriole

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion, recent, with Open Cilioretinal Arteriole
Diffuse ischemic infarction of the inner retinal layers.White swollen retina, a sign of recent artery occlusion. Box-carring of the blood collumn in some vein cause by stagnant blood flow. A patent cilioretinal vessel maintains a small area of normal appearing retina between disc and fovea but does not save the fovea.
Naumann, G.O.H., Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Erlangen, Germany
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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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