Relative Frequencies of Arteritic and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in an Arab Population

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Title Relative Frequencies of Arteritic and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in an Arab Population
Creator Anna M. Gruener, BMBS, MSc, FRCOphth; Jessica R. Chang, MD; Thomas M. Bosley, MD; Zakeya M. Al-Sadah, MD; Clarissa Kum, OD; Timothy J. McCulley, MD
Affiliation The Neuro-Ophthalmology Division (AMG, JRC, TMB, CK, TJM), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Neuro-Ophthalmology Division (TMB, ZMA-S, TJM), King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract To evaluate the relative frequencies of arteritic and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) in an Arab population and to compare and contrast these findings with known epidemiological data from Caucasian populations. A retrospective review of the medical records of all patients diagnosed with AION at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between 1997 and 2012. Of 171 patients with AION, 4 had biopsy-proven giant-cell arteritis (GCA). The relative frequencies of arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AAION) and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in this Arab cohort were 2.3% and 97.7%, respectively. The relative frequencies of arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy differ between Arab and North American clinic-based populations, with giant-cell arteritis-related ischemia being much less frequent in Saudi Arabia.
Subject Adult; Older people; Older people, 80 and over; Biopsy; Female; Giant Cell Arteritis; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Older people; Optic Disk; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Retrospective Studies; Saudi Arabia; Temporal Arteries; Young Adult
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Date 2017-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2017, Volume 37, Issue 4
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv5xnf
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