macular cherry red spot

A finding on funduscopic examination suggestive of retinal artery occlusion. Infarcted retina is pale & masks the underlying choroidal circulation except at the macula, where the thinness of the tissue allows it to be seen resulting in the so-called 'cherry-red spot'.

Related

macula retinae, macula lutea, macula, area centralis or punctum luteum retinal artery occlusion

References

Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2018.