Bilateral ischaemic optic neuropathy and stroke after multiple bee stings

Bilateral anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy due to optic disc drusen.

PURPOSE To report a case of bilateral anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy due to buried optic disc drusen. METHODS Case report. RESULTS A 64-year-old man presented with swollen optic discs and features suggestive of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION) in the left and right eye on two separate occasions ten months apart. Detailed ocular examination at presentation and systemic investi...

Bilateral anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy in a patient with haemochromatosis.

Traumatic ischaemic optic neuropathy.

Persistent profound visual loss following contusion of the globe or ocular adnexae has been well documented, the visual loss being attributed to haemorrhage into, or contusion of, the optic nerve, or to interference with the blood supply of the eye. The patient described below presented after a contusion of the eye and orbit, with the clinical picture of ischaemic optic neuropathy presumably re...

Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy

In anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION) there is a comparatively sudden loss of vision in the entire eye, or in one sector of the field of vision of the eye, initially associated with oedema of the optic disc, which results in optic atrophy within a month or two, leaving a permanent visual defect. A large number of such cases have been reported in the literature, but, although this clinic...

Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after bilateral neck dissection

PURPOSE The risk of visual loss after nonocular surgeries is very low, between 0.2% and 4.5%. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, ischemic optic neuropathy has been reported mostly after spinal surgery (54.2%), followed by cardiac surgery and radical neck dissection (13.3%). It may occur in association with some conditions that include systemic hypotension, acute blood loss ...