Idiopathic multifocal retinal arteriolar occlusion

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a clinical study of four cases showing multiple nasal retinal arterial branch occlusions of unknown cause in healty middle aged patients. All of them were subjected to extensive medical evaluation with negative results. Fundoscopic and fluorographic findings suggested focal arterities rather than embolism or thrombus. These cases may represent a clinical syndrome whose couse is benign from the systemic as well as the ocular point of view All patients retained good visual acuity