A n 83-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and successfully treated prostate carcinoma (6 years prior to presentation) complained of progressive painful loss of vision in his left eye for 2 weeks. Examination revealed visual acuity of 20/20 in the right eye and no light perception in the left eye. The left pupil was amaurotic, and there was mi...

The central retinal artery (CRA) is a branch of the ophthalmic artery, which is the first branch of the internal carotid artery. The CRA supplies blood to the surface of the optic disc. From here it divides into two main branches (superior and inferior); these then further divide into temporal and nasal branches, which supply blood to the four quadrants of the retina. The outer retina is suppli...

The central retinal artery (CRA) is a branch of the ophthalmic artery, which is the first branch of the internal carotid artery. The CRA supplies blood to the surface of the optic disc. From here it divides into two main branches (superior and inferior); these then further divide into temporal and nasal branches, which supply blood to the four quadrants of the retina. The outer retina is suppli...

A 40-year-old man presented with painless sudden visual loss due to a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in his right eye. Three months later, he had painless acute visual loss in his left eye with visual acuity of 20/100 and a swollen optic disc. After oral prednisone treatment, the disc swelling resolved and acuity recovered to 20/20. Five months later, the patient experienced another ep...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the human body including the eyes. Common blinding ocular manifestations include central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), severe vaso-occlusive retinopathy, and optic nerve involvement. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in lupus is usually associated ...

Dear Editor, Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is an ophthal-mic emergency and the ocular analogue of cerebral stroke. This condition mostly occurs in patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, or carotid artery athero-sclerosis in elderly people [1]. Left atrial myxoma, the most common primary cardiac tumor, is usually fatal unless surgically resected [2]. We report a ca...