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A Case of Recurrent Transient Monocular Visual Loss after Receiving Sildenafil

Author(s) -

Asaad A. Ghanem

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

case reports in ophthalmological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6722

pISSN - 2090-6730

DOI - 10.1155/2011/645089

Subject(s) - sildenafil , medicine , erectile dysfunction , anterior ischemic optic neuropathy , family history , medical history , ophthalmology , pediatrics , surgery , optic nerve

A 53-year-old man was attended to the Clinic Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University, Egypt, with recurrent transient monocular visual loss after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra) for erectile dysfunction. Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history showed that his father had suffered from bilateral nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Physicians might look for arteriosclerotic risk factors and family history of NAION among predisposing risk factors before prescribing sildenafil erectile dysfunction drugs.

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