Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy

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
Subjects:
postoperative vision loss
ischemic optic neuropathy
diffusion-weighted mr imaging
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.101082
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spelling doaj-bf237d2f331a4a528b20b2f19c76bf1a2021-08-02T06:43:05ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082012-04-01220210610710.4103/0971-3026.101082Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathySivasubramanian Srinivasan0Srikant Moorthy1KP Sreekumar2Chinmay Kulkarni3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, 90, Yishun Cetral, 768828, SingaporeDepartment of Radiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara, Cochin 682041, IndiaDepartment of Radiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara, Cochin 682041, IndiaDepartment of Radiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara, Cochin 682041, IndiaBlindness 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.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.101082postoperative vision lossischemic optic neuropathydiffusion-weighted mr imaging
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author Sivasubramanian Srinivasan
Srikant Moorthy
KP Sreekumar
Chinmay Kulkarni
spellingShingle Sivasubramanian Srinivasan
Srikant Moorthy
KP Sreekumar
Chinmay Kulkarni
Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
postoperative vision loss
ischemic optic neuropathy
diffusion-weighted mr imaging
author_facet Sivasubramanian Srinivasan
Srikant Moorthy
KP Sreekumar
Chinmay Kulkarni
author_sort Sivasubramanian Srinivasan
title Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
title_short 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_sort diffusion-weighted mri in acute posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
issn 0971-3026
1998-3808
publishDate 2012-04-01
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.
topic postoperative vision loss
ischemic optic neuropathy
diffusion-weighted mr imaging
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.101082
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