[Normal tension glaucoma or syndrome of chronic ocular ischemia]

Chronic ischemia related to a manifest ophthalmic artery stenosis, determines extremely rare ischemic chronic modifications at the level of the optic nerve, with progressive optic atrophy and visual fun ction alteration. It is presented the case of a 59 years patient, who was hospitalized in Clinic of Ophthalmology, Emergency Clinic Districtual Hospital, for decreased vision of the left eye. Fundus eye examination reveals normal aspect of papilla of the right eye and glaucomatous like modification of the left eye, confirmed by perimetry and OCT exams, which present typical glaucomatous lesions. Doppler examination revealed an enormous thrombus at the level of the left internal carotid, with more than 90% stenosis. In this context the diagnosis was chronic ocular ischemia, atypical form. lschemic ocular syndrome presents polymorphic clinic aspects, the most frequent are the ischemic lesions of posterior pole of the eye: retinal hemorrhages, neovascularization, ischemic edema, red cherry macula, cotton-wool spots. lschemic optic neuropathy is less frequent presented, and pseudo-glaucomatous lesion of optic nerve with papillary excavation is exceptional.