Michael Izzo, MD » Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion in a 39 Year Old Male with RA

  • Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion in a 39-Year-Old with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Oct 6 2020 by Michael Izzo, MD

    Left image: fundus photograph of a 39-year-old male with rheumatoid arthritis found to have ophthalmic artery occlusion depicting boxcar segmentation of blood in retinal vasculature and macular ischemia demonstrated by retinal whitening without cherry red fovea. Right image: early phase fluorescein angiography demonstrating patchy choroidal filling, arterial non-perfusion and optic nerve head leakage.

    Photographer: Karen Rivera, COA; Washington National Eye Center

    Condition/keywords: fluorescein angiogram (FA), ophthalmic artery occlusion, rheumatoid arthritis