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Acute ophthalmic artery occlusion in the left eye. The entire retina is pale because of retinal edema, and there is no cherry red spot because of the associated choroidal ischemia seen in ophthalmic artery occlusion. Mild optic nerve edema is present because of optic nerve ischemia. The arteries are attenuated.
Reprinted with permission from Biousse V, Newman NJ, Thieme.1 © 2009 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
