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Why sudden bilateral blindness/clots in both retinal arteries with negative cardiac hemetologic work up?
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Depends on pt: Differential DX depends on pt age and rf's. Consider pfo or paroxysmal af.
Answered 10/6/2017
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Autoimmune causes: I would check the patient for a possible coagulopathy (either congenital or autoimmune). Another rare but possible diagnosis is susac's syndrome.
Answered 10/9/2017
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