A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil

A 51-year-old male was referred to the University Eye Clinic of Ioannina with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) 12 hours after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra(®)). Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history showed that his fath...

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Autores principales: Felekis, T, Asproudis, I, Katsanos, K, Tsianos, EV
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22034568
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S21243
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author Felekis, T
Asproudis, I
Katsanos, K
Tsianos, EV
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Katsanos, K
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description A 51-year-old male was referred to the University Eye Clinic of Ioannina with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) 12 hours after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra(®)). Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history showed that his father had suffered from bilateral NAION. Although a cause-and-effect relationship is difficult to prove, there are reports indicating an association between the use of erectile dysfunction agents and the development of NAION. Physicians might need to investigate the presence of family history of NAION among systemic or vascular predisposing risk factors before prescribing erectile dysfunction drugs.
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spelling pubmed-31984222011-10-27 A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil Felekis, T Asproudis, I Katsanos, K Tsianos, EV Clin Ophthalmol Case Report A 51-year-old male was referred to the University Eye Clinic of Ioannina with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) 12 hours after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra(®)). Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history showed that his father had suffered from bilateral NAION. Although a cause-and-effect relationship is difficult to prove, there are reports indicating an association between the use of erectile dysfunction agents and the development of NAION. Physicians might need to investigate the presence of family history of NAION among systemic or vascular predisposing risk factors before prescribing erectile dysfunction drugs. Dove Medical Press 2011 2011-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3198422/ /pubmed/22034568 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S21243 Text en © 2011 Felekis et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Felekis, T
Asproudis, I
Katsanos, K
Tsianos, EV
A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
title A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
title_full A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
title_fullStr A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
title_full_unstemmed A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
title_short A case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
title_sort case of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy of a male with family history of the disease after receiving sildenafil
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198422/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S21243
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