title: [Blindness caused by an ischemic optic neuropathy by spontaneous carotid dissection. Report of a case].
abstract: In young and middle age subjects, spontaneous carotid dissection is an increasingly recognized cause of ischemic stroke. Their usual presentation is facial pain with a Horner syndrome and a contra lateral paresis. Blindness has been reported as a presenting symptom in only a few cases. We report a 50 years old man who presented with amblyopia in the left eye, without periocular pain. Fundoscopy showed papilledema and a peripapillar hemorrhage, compatible with an ischemic optic neuropathy. A magnetic resonance angiography confirmed a left carotid dissection.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurología, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. marcelomiranda@terra.cl
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venegas
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kagi
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology