title: A case of optic neuropathy treated by percutaneous trans-coronary angiography.
abstract: There are many risk factors involved in the development of ischemic optic neuropathy such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and vascular incompetence. Therefore, the treatment of ischemic optic neuropathy should not be solely based on proper diagnosis but should also involve a thorough and systemic investigation to identify those multifactorial possibilities, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. We report upon a patient who developed non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy following treatment of a sphenoethmoid mucocele, which lead to recovered vision and a satisfactory improvement of visual field defects, after percutaneous trans-coronary angiography with stent insertion of the coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields