title: [Bilateral anterior acute ischemic optic neuropathy complicating optic nerve head drusen. Apropos of a case].
abstract: A case of bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION) which is related to buried optic nerve head drusen is presented. Such an etiology has rarely been described and is poorly-documented in the literature. This etiologic diagnosis is brought by the imaging techniques: fluorescein angiography, B-scan ultrasonography and computed tomography. The pathogenesis may be related to the compressive effects encountered in a small scleral canal. The other complications of optic nerve head drusen are described and their similar mechanisms discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cousin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fourmaux
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Renaud-Rougier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mercié
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pincemin
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Le Rebeller
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015594:Optic Disk Drusen / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014794:Visual Fields