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By Lihteh Wu, MD
Asociados de Macula Vitreo y Retina de Costa Rica - Uploaded on Oct 30, 2012.
- Last modified by Chayal Patel on Oct 31, 2012.
- Reviewed by Chayal Patel
- Rating
- Appears in
- Miscellaneous
- Condition/keywords
- central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), cotton wool spots
- Imaging device
- Fundus camera
- Description
- 35-year-old hypertensive man with an acute CRVO. Notice the peripapillary cotton wool spots, superficial flame shaped hemorrhages and deeper dot and blot hemorrhages in all 4 quadrants. This is the typical blood and thunder appearance of a CRVO.