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Case Reports
. 1980 Mar;98(3):502-4.
doi: 10.1001/archopht.1980.01020030498013.

Ischemic optic neuropathy in chronic papilledema

G J Green, S Lessell, J I Loewenstein
Case Reports

Ischemic optic neuropathy in chronic papilledema

G J Green et al. Arch Ophthalmol. 1980 Mar.

Abstract

We evaluated the condition of a patient with chronic papilledema due to pseudotumor cerebri in whom a permanent, monocular, inferior, altitudinal, visual field defect suddenly developed. Clinical and fluorescein angiographic findings indicated that the loss of visual field was due to ischemic optic neuropathy. Ischemic optic neuropathy might occur in papilledema if the tissue pressure in the optic disc becomes sufficiently elevated to occlude the pressure-sensitive prelaminar arterioles.

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