Case report: bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a patient with atrial fibrillation and multifocal embolic stroke

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Jin-Ju Kang and collaborators from the Emory University, United States have published the research: Case report: Bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a patient with atrial fibrillation and multifocal embolic stroke, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) is a rare optic neuropathy of vascular origin involving the retrobulbar optic nerve and unaccompanied by optic disc edema in contrast to anterior ION (AION), which involves the optic nerve head and presents with disc edema. In a previous study, 1,400 ION patients were analyzed and the relative frequency . . .

 



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