Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic
Ischemic injury to the OPTIC NERVE which usually affects the OPTIC DISK (optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic) and less frequently the retrobulbar portion of the nerve (optic neuropathy, posterior ischemic). The injury results from occlusion of arterial blood supply which may result from TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES; EMBOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; and other conditions. The disease primarily occurs in the sixth decade or later and presents with the sudden onset of painless and usually severe monocular visual loss. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy also features optic disk edema with microhemorrhages. The optic disk appears normal in posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. (Glaser, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2nd ed, p135)
Year introduced: 1996
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Tree Number(s): C10.292.700.600, C11.640.643, C14.907.601
MeSH Unique ID: D018917
Entry Terms:
- Optic Ischaemic Neuropathy
- Ischaemic Neuropathy, Optic
- Neuropathy, Optic Ischaemic
- Optic Ischaemic Neuropathies
- Optic Ischemic Neuropathy
- Ischemic Neuropathy, Optic
- Neuropathy, Optic Ischemic
- Optic Ischemic Neuropathies
- Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Ischemic Optic Neuropathies
- Neuropathy, Ischemic Optic
- Optic Nerve Ischemia
- Ischemia, Optic Nerve
- Nerve Ischemia, Optic
- Optic Nerve Ischemias
- Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Optic Neuropathy, Anterior Ischemic
- Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Optic Neuropathy, Posterior Ischemic
- Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- NAION
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