EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
Andrew Doan, MD, PhD, University of Iowa
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/dept/AION/Index.htm

Category: Vascular
Diagnosis: non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION)

Image Comments:

Patient experienced bilateral vision loss on awakening. She had bilateral optic nerve swelling with the visual fields below. Note how the VF defect respects the horizontal raphe distribution of the nerve fiber layer.

 

 

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