- Although a branch retinal vein occlusion is common in the elderly population with underlying disorders such as systemic hypertension, multiple and recurrent vein occlusions in young healthy adults are rare.
- This week’s case concerns a young healthy adult whose first documented vein occlusion (CRVO OS) occurred at age 30. More than two decades later, he presents with what appears to be a three quadrant vein occlusion in the fellow eye.