Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
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title:
Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
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Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy is the cause of vision loss that occurs in temporal arteritis. Temporal arteritis is an inflammatory disease of medium-sized blood vessels that happens especially with advancing age. AAION occurs in about 15-20 percent of patients with temporal arteritis. Damage to the blood vessels supplying the optic nerves leads to insufficient blood supply (ischemia) to the nerve and subsequent optic nerve fiber death. Most cases of AAION result in nearly complete
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteritic_anterior_ischemic_optic_neuropathy
date created:
2006-02-02T11:18:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T19:30:32Z
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