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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Main Authors: Sivasubramanian Srinivasan, Srikant Moorthy, KP Sreekumar, Chinmay Kulkarni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.101082