OPHTHALMIC ARTERY-OCCLUSION IN CROHNS-DIS EASE

Background Nearly 10% of patients with Crohn's disease develop ocular complications. Most complications are inflammatory in nature, and invo lve both the anterior and the posterior segments of the eye. Episcleri tis, uveitis and keratopathies are the most frequently described. Occl usions of retinal and optic nerve vessel are less common. We believe t his to be an important observation as the ocular involvement was the p atients primary complaint, thus allowing the correct diagnosis to be m ade. Patient We report a case of a 44-year-old woman, who presented wi th an occlusion of the ophthalmic artery, before the diagnose of Crohn 's disease was established.