COMBINED CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION AND CILIORETINAL ARTERY-OCCLUSION ASSOCIATED WITH PROLONGED RETINAL ARTERIAL FILLING

We examined four healthy men who developed cilioretinal artery occlusi on associated with central retinal vein occlusion. Unlike previously r eported patients with this clinical entity, there appeared to be abnor mal central retinal artery inflow, as evidenced by prolonged, irregula r filling of the branch retinal arteries with intravenous fluorescein angiography. The patients were treated with systemic corticosteroids. All of the patients had initial improvement in vision. However, three of the four patients had recurrent episodes of visual loss. The final visual acuity was 20/40 or better in three of the four patients.