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Optic fundus of an asymptomatic 70-year-old diabetic woman.
These emboli are stark-white, obstruct arteries in or near the optic disk, do not move, and often cause permanent visualimpairment. This patient had a calcified mitral annulus, the presumed source of her calcific emboli.
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