title: Recurrent anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in young adults.
abstract: Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) is primarily a disease of middle and late life. When it affects the young patient, AION is often due to a specific underlying disease process predisposing to vasculopathy. Reported here are two patients with AION in whom no evidence of associated disease was found. The tendency for recurrent attacks of disc ischemia distinguishes this clinical entity from the more common idiopathic form of AION of older individuals. Hypotheses regarding possible etiology are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University Medical Center; Midwest Eye Institute, Indianapolis 46202.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hamed
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Purvin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D058609:Visual Field Tests