Silent Post Cataract Bilateral Sequential Nonarteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy

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...

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...

Surgery for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

BACKGROUND Nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy is characterized by sudden and painless loss of vision in one eye, accompanied by pallid swelling of the optic disc. Although various medical interventions, such as corticosteroids and phenytoin sodium, have been used to treat nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy, no therapy has been proven effective. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review ...

Incipient nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical entity of incipient nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). DESIGN Cohort study. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-four patients (60 eyes) seen in our clinic from 1973 through 2000. METHODS At their first visit to our clinic, all patients gave a detailed ophthalmic and medical history and underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation, color fundus ph...

Bilateral anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy in a patient with haemochromatosis.