Sunday, August 19, 2007

HI - RES
WELL, HIGHER RESOLUTION, ANYWAY. WE RECENTLY UPGRADED FROM A 3 MP
DIGITAL CAPTURE SYSTEM TO A 6 MP CAPTURE SYSTEM. THE RESULTS HAVE
BEEN MORE DETAIL, BETTER TONAL RANGE, AND OBVIOUSLY LARGER IMAGES.

LEFT EYE OPTIC NERVE AND MACULA

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

B. R. A. O.
A BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION IS A CONDITION (AS ITS NAME IMPLIES) WHERE
A SPECIFIC BRANCH ARTERY IN THE RETINA IS BLOCKED OR OCCLUDED . AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT,
ISCHEMIA, ATROPHY AND ULTIMATELY LOSS OF SIGHT ARE THE RESULTS OF THE BRAO.

IN THIS FUNDUS PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE WHAT MIGHT BE PLAQUE CAUSING THE OCCLUSION
IN THE OPTIC NERVE. AT THAT POINT, THE ARTERIES ACTUALLY LOOK PINCHED. THE CLOUDY
AREA THAT RADIATES OUT FROM THE OPTIC NERVE AROUND THOSE ARTERIES IS THE ISCHEMIA
OR BLOOD STARVED TISSUE RESULTING FROM THE BRAO.

Monday, August 6, 2007

P H O T O . M O N T A G E . III
HERE IS ANOTHER PHOTO MONTAGE OF A PATIENT
PRESENTING WITH HONEY-COMB-LIKE DRUSEN IN THE
SUPERIOR, NASAL, AND INFERIOR ASPECTS OF THE RIGHT EYE.

I AM FINALLY BACK, POSTING 2-3 WEEK OLD WORK AFTER MY COMPUTER CRASHED IN MID-JULY.