Peri - Arteritis Retinae
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چکیده
Wamnt Officer C., aged 26, was first seen on March 31, 1944, when he complained that he had been seeing black spots in front of both eyes for the preceding 2 months. He had noticed no signs of inflammation in the eyes. Examination.-Visual acuity in the right and left eyes was 4/4.5. Each eye had pigmented spots on the anterior surface of the lens and vitreous opacities. OphthaLmoscopic examination showed multiple small white areas on the retinal arteries (Figs 1 and 2), more marked in the left eye. The retinal veins in both eyes were dilated. An investigation was made to see whether there were any foci of infection elsewhere in the body.
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