Giant cell arteritis related arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: Clinico-pathological correlation

Giant Cell Arteritis and Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathies

Ischemic optic neuropathies (IONs) are a major cause of blindness or seriously impaired vision in the middle-aged and elderly population, although they can occur at any age. ION is of two types: anterior (AION) and posterior (PION), the first involving the anterior part of the optic nerve (also called the optic nerve head, ONH) and the second, the rest of the optic nerve. Pathogenetically AION ...

Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis in an Elderly Korean Man

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Bilateral Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis in Korea

transvitreal optic neurotomy for non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

purpose: to evaluate the role of transvitreal optic neurotomy (ton) in the management of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neurotomy (naion). methods: sixteen eyes of 16 patients with recent onset naion (less than six weeks duration) were included in this single-masked randomized controlled trial. the patients were randomized to ton (8 eyes) versus observation alone (8 eyes). pre- and posto...

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: a case control study

Background: Sleep apnea is temporary cessation or absence of breathing during sleep. Significant increase in blood pressure is clinically seen in apneic episodes. The aim of this study was to examine sleep apnea syndrome as a risk factor for non- arthritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in a case control study. Methods: Nineteen NAION patients (9 men and 10 women) and 31 age and ...