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Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

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Title Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Subject Neurology; Ophthalmology; Eye Diseases
Description Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/walsh-and-hoyt/
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS), Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/about/copyright
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Identifier CH7_349-384
Title Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Alternative Title Section 1: Chapter 7
Creator Anthony C. Arnold, MD, UCLA
Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute - University of California-Los Angeles
Subject Optic Nerve Diseases; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Papilledema
Description "Ischemic syndromes of the optic nerve (ischemic optic neuropathy [ION]) are classified according to (a) the location of the ischemic damage of the nerve and (b) the etiologic factor, if known, for the ischemia."
Abstract "Ischemic syndromes of the optic nerve (ischemic optic neuropathy [ION]) are classified according to (a) the location of the ischemic damage of the nerve and (b) the etiologic factor, if known, for the ischemia. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) includes syndromes involving the optic nerve head, with visible optic disc edema. Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) incorporates those conditions involving the intraorbital, intracanalicular, or intracranial portions of the optic nerve, with no visible edema of the optic disc. While several specific etiologic factors have been identified in ION, the most critical for initial manage- ment is the vasculitis of giant cell, or temporal, arteritis (GCA); therefore, ION is typically classified as either arteritic (usually due to GCA) or nonarteritic. Nonarteritic ION is most oftenidiopathic, but specific etiologies such as systemic hypotension and radiation injury have been identified. Finally, several syndromes of optic disc edema with relatively mild dysfunction, including preinfarct optic disc edema and diabetic papillopathy, are presumed to represent optic nerve ischemic edema with dysfunction that is not detectable, mild, or reversible."
Language eng
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Type Text
Publication Type Book chapter
Rights Management North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS), Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/about/copyright
Extent 1.4 MB
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rj4hsw/190039
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