Figure 3-19.

Right branch retinal artery occlusion with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in giant cell arteritis. This older patient had profound acute visual loss in the right eye and was found to have disc edema suggestive of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy associated with a superior branch retinal artery occlusion in the same eye. The association of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and branch artery retinal occlusion in the same eye is very suggestive of vasculitis, such as giant cell arteritis.

Reprinted with permission from Biousse V, Newman NJ, Thieme.1 © 2009 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.