EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
Thomas A. Weingeist, University of Iowa
http://EyeRounds.org/case20.htm

Category: Retina
Diagnosis: Cherry red spot

Image Comments:

The characteristic cherry red spot from a central retinal artery occlusion is due to swelling of perifoveal ganglion cells that obscurs the normal choroidal coloration.
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