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¹M.D, Akcakale State Hospital, Eye Clinic, Akcakale-Sanliurfa/TURKEY
²M.D. Professor, Ulucanlar Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Ankara/TURKEY A 28-year old woman presented with painless sudden blurring vision in her left eye for 3 hours. With a history of recurrent oral aphtae more than 3 times in a month and her sibling has been being under the diagnosis of Behçet's disease. Fundus findings in her left eye, demonstrated occlusive resembling cilioretinal artery occlusion combined with impending central retinal vein occlusion and fluorescein angiography showing delayed filling of the central retinal vein and prolonged arteriovenous fillig time. Labratory examination for HLA-B51 was positive. The patient was diagnosed incomplete Behçet's Disease (BD) and administrated with oral prednisone. After oral prednisone treatement, visual acuity in the left eye recovered from 20/63 to 20/20 as well as resolution of the retinal findings. Keywords : Cilioretinal artery occlusion, impending central retinal vein occlusion, Behçet’s disease