Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Blindness following surgery, especially cardiac surgery, has been reported sporadically, the most common cause being ischemic optic neuropathy. The role of MRI in the diagnosis of this condition is not well established. We present a case of postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy that was...

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Autores principales: Srinivasan, Sivasubramanian, Moorthy, Srikant, Sreekumar, KP, Kulkarni, Chinmay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Neuroradiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23162251
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.101082
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author Srinivasan, Sivasubramanian
Moorthy, Srikant
Sreekumar, KP
Kulkarni, Chinmay
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description Blindness following surgery, especially cardiac surgery, has been reported sporadically, the most common cause being ischemic optic neuropathy. The role of MRI in the diagnosis of this condition is not well established. We present a case of postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy that was diagnosed on diffusion-weighted MRI.
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spelling pubmed-34986312012-11-16 Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy Srinivasan, Sivasubramanian Moorthy, Srikant Sreekumar, KP Kulkarni, Chinmay Indian J Radiol Imaging Neuroradiology Blindness following surgery, especially cardiac surgery, has been reported sporadically, the most common cause being ischemic optic neuropathy. The role of MRI in the diagnosis of this condition is not well established. We present a case of postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy that was diagnosed on diffusion-weighted MRI. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3498631/ /pubmed/23162251 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.101082 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Neuroradiology
Srinivasan, Sivasubramanian
Moorthy, Srikant
Sreekumar, KP
Kulkarni, Chinmay
Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title_full Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title_fullStr Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title_full_unstemmed Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title_short Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title_sort diffusion-weighted mri in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
topic Neuroradiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23162251
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.101082
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