CASE 19

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History

A 70-year-old man suffered a sudden and total loss of vision in one eye. He experienced no pain or other symptoms. The fundus of the involved eye is depicted in the photograph. The opposite eye remains normal.

Questions

1. Describe and explain the ophthalmoscopic findings.

 

2. Give the possible causes acute, painless, unilateral loss of vision.

 

3. What therapeutic measures should be taken until the patient can be seen by an ophthalmologist?