Medicina Pulmonar e Respiratória

Acute Bilateral Retinal Arterial Occlusion of Unknown Origin during a Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Exacerbation

Abstract

Helton R and Allen K

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder caused by a defective protein, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. The most common complications of this disease involve the pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems, though there are increasing reports of ocular complications related to cystic fibrosis. Here we report a case of a patient with bilateral retinal artery occlusion of unknown etiology.