Background: Diabetes, low nighttime blood pressure, and nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy may be associated. Not too many studies present whether this relationship applies to patients. Objective: Diabetes mellitus, pressure at night, were studied in a group of individuals. Methods: The ophthalmology clinic will conduct cross-sectional research on patients with from March 2019 December 2021...

glaucoma is a major cause of worldwide irreversible blindness. the central role of raised intraocular pressure (iop) is being questioned as many patients continue to demonstrate a clinically downhill course despite initial control of iop. the latest concept of recognizing glaucoma as a multifactorial, progressive, neurodegenerative disease of retinal ganglion cells (rgcss) associated with chara...

OBJECTIVE To refine the criteria for the diagnosis of amiodarone-related optic neuropathy by including a broader spectrum of clinical features, thus helping to differentiate this entity from nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy coincidentally affecting a patient taking amiodarone. METHODS A retrospective case review of 22 patients who developed optic neuropathy while taking amiodar...

Sir, We appreciate the thoughtful commentary from Drs Lujan and Horton (2013) based on their patient with Kjer’s dominant optic atrophy with retinal inner nuclear layer microcysts. Their case highlights an emerging understanding that inner nuclear microcysts are not specific to multiple sclerosis. We—and others— have now identified them in neuromyelitis optica (Gelfand et al., 2013; Sotirchos e...

Sir, We appreciate the thoughtful commentary from Drs Lujan and Horton (2013) based on their patient with Kjer’s dominant optic atrophy with retinal inner nuclear layer microcysts. Their case highlights an emerging understanding that inner nuclear microcysts are not specific to multiple sclerosis. We—and others— have now identified them in neuromyelitis optica (Gelfand et al., 2013; Sotirchos e...