title: Posterior Vitreous Detachment Associated with Non-arteritic Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy.
abstract: It has been hypothesised that non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy is caused by vitreous traction on the optic nerve. The authors recently took care of a patient who developed a posterior vitreous detachment shortly after she was diagnosed with non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy. Her visual field spontaneously improved after the posterior vitreous detachment. This case report provides some evidence that non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy, vitreous traction, and posterior vitreous detachment may be related.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Bailey
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6301-1741
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: MacIntosh
keywords: Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION); posterior vitreous detachment; vitreopapillary traction