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THREE CASES OF NON‐INFLAMMATORY ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY OCCURRING IN THE SAME FAMILY
Author(s) -
BERGGREN L.,
THORBURN W.,
FODSTAD H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1974.tb01094.x
Subject(s) - medicine , visual field , optic nerve , fundus photography , visual acuity , optic neuropathy , fundus (uterus) , retina , ophthalmology , fluorescein angiography , psychology , neuroscience
In the family presented here, three out of seven siblings are affected, the onset of symptoms having occurred between 53 and 59 years of age. The family relationship was at first unknown. The parents are believed to have been eye healthy. Two of the cases are bilaterally involved and were investigated for suspected brain tumor. The neuroradiological examinations were negative. The visual symptoms, i.e. loss of visual acuity, visual field defects and blurring of the optic discs were in agreement with a diagnosis of ischemic optic neuropathy. In the latest case discovered, the affliction is thus far unilateral, and vascular changes in the retina corresponding to the visual field defect could be established by fundus photography and fluorescein angiography.