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A 49-year-old female presented with sudden painless diminution of vision in her right eye (RE) for 2 weeks with visual acuity of 20\/120 in the affected eye and 20\/20 in the left eye. Fundus examination of RE showed disc pallor, arteriolar attenuation, and retinal whitening at macula. Fluorescein angiography study demonstrated delayed filling of superotemporal branch of retinal artery, suggesting BRAO as the cause of vision loss. Thorough evaluation for underlying etiology revealed severe iron deficiency anemia (hemoglobin 3.9 g\/dl). Her blood pressure, blood sugar profile, lipid profile, carotid Doppler, echocardiogram, coagulation profile, and immunological workup were all unremarkable. She was treated with packed cell transfusion and oral iron supplementation, and her vision improved to 20\/40 at 1-month follow-up. Retinal vascular occlusions can occur rarely in iron deficiency anemia, and therefore anemia should be considered, while evaluation of vascular occlusion \u2013 specially in those with associated conjunctival pallor as in our case.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/tjo.tjo_70_20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,6]],"date-time":"2021-01-06T06:43:01Z","timestamp":1609915381000},"page":"227-230","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Branch retinal artery occlusion as an initial ocular manifestation of severe iron deficiency anemia"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Amit 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