Acute ischemic atrophy of papilla disc and diabetes.
Acute ischemic neuropathy is the acute ischemic necrosis of the optic nerve fibers occurred by the occlusion of small vessels which distribute widely to lamina cribrosa and anterior et posterior area of lamina cribrosa. Pale coloured edema and light swelling are seen generally on the optic disc, and after a few months falls in simplex nerve atrophy. I have explained my 3 cases of ischemic neuropathies. They have some things in common, and causes are considered arteriosclerosis or temporal arteritis in old people, and often takes place based on diabetes mellitus, lupus erythematosis or another many diseases etiologically.
Hiwatari
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Department of Ophth., Hospital of the Imperial Household, Tokyo, Japan.
D000368:Aged; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*