title: Progressive and recurrent nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
abstract: We examined ten patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in whom the visual deficit progressed over a number of weeks or who suffered a recurrence in the same eye. The visual deficits progressed over a month or more in five patients, four patients suffered a recurrence in the same eye after a long interval, and one patient had bilateral progression and a recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borchert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lessell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields