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The red boxes highlight several black sun bursts, which are changes in the RPE and due to previous intra- and sub-retinal hemorrhaging.2 Several ghost vessels are visible within the blue dotted rectangle.
The area nasal to the disc in the right eye appears essentially normal. The red arrow is identifying the origin of a presumed nasal cilioretinal artery.
Case 1: A 29 year old black male presents with sudden, painless loss of vision in his right eye for the past week or so. Upon questioning, he reveals that he has had sickle cell anemia for as long as he can remember and that he had a "stomach virus or food poisoning" at the
Complex retinal vasclar disorders • Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a common cause of unilateral sudden, painless loss of vision in the elderly.1 • CRAO in a 29-year-old is rare but occasionally encountered in a young adult with some predisposing disorder. • Sickle cell anemia is one of the most common genetic disorders worldwide
