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May 14 2024 by Eloy Mata-Cortes, MD

Color image capturing the left eye of a 32-year-old female. Despite a negative ophthalmological and medical history, she reported three days of blurred vision and a paracentral scotoma in her left eye, while maintaining central vision. The image reveals retinal whitening, extends from the parafoveal region to the inferotemporal arcade indicative of cilioretinal artery occlusion. Following this observation, the patient was referred for systemic assessment to explore the underlying etiology of the occlusion.

Photographer: Eloy Mata-Cortes, MD, Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmología, Querétaro, México

Imaging device: Nidek Mirante

Condition/keywords: cilioretinal artery occlusion, oclussion, retinal whitening

Sep 22 2021 by Luiz Guilherme Freitas, MD, MsC, PhD

Fundus photograph of a 30-year-old male patient with blunt injury to the globe. Commotio retinae is retinal whitening/opacification that results from a blunt injury. The ocular findings will often resolve in a matter of days to weeks. Vision loss can result from commotio involving the posterior pole (historically referred to as Berlin’s edema). Clinical findings of commotio include the characteristic retinal whitening. Commotio may result in significant vision loss that can be transient. Healing can result in pigmentary changes and retinal thinning which may be associated with poor visual recovery if the area of involvement is macular.

Photographer: Diogo Melo, Santa Luzia Eye Hospital Recife - PE – Brazil

Condition/keywords: Berlin's edema, blunt trauma, commotio retinae, retinal whitening

Sep 23 2020 by Nimesh A. Patel, MD, FASRS

Fundus photo showing peri-vascular inflammation of both arteries and veins with translucent exudation (yellow arrow). Superior nasally, there is classic retinal whitening with retinal hemorrhages superior. This patient was found to have a low CD4 count and a diagnosis of AIDS was made.

Condition/keywords: cytomegalovirus (CMV), HIV, uveitis

Apr 7 2018 by Rameez N Hussain, MD

Acute retinal artery occlusion with a calcium embolus at the disc and retinal whitening.

Photographer: DR RAMEEZ N HUSSAIN

Imaging device: zeiss

Condition/keywords: branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO), embolus, fundus photograph, retinal edema