9th September 2020

A patient with a history of diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency department

A patient with a history of diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency department complaining that they have lost their vision in one eye. They say they were driving and it was like “a curtain suddenly came down” over their right eye. Their vision has now completely recovered and is normal on examination. They had no other symptoms during the episode.

For the patient above, please select the SINGLE most likely underlying cause of their visual field defect. Select ONE option from the list above.