Korean J Ophthalmol.  1999 Dec;13(2):120-124. 10.3341/kjo.1999.13.2.120.

A case of optic neuropathy treated by percutaneous trans-coronary angiography

• Chu YK
• Lew H
• Lee SY

• KMID: 1127514
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.1999.13.2.120

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.

MeSH Terms

Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Case Report
Coronary Disease/surgery
Coronary Disease/radiography
Coronary Disease/complications
Ethmoid Sinus
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Human
Male
Middle Age
Mucocele/surgery
Mucocele/radiography
Mucocele/complications
Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic/therapy*
Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic/radiography
Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic/etiology
Paranasal Sinus Diseases/surgery
Paranasal Sinus Diseases/radiography
Paranasal Sinus Diseases/complications
Sphenoid Sinus
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Visual Acuity
Visual Fields