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[Chronic ischemic ophthalmopathy in Takayasu-Onishi disease]
G Chercotă1, G Munteanu, S Giuri
1Clinica Oftalmologică Timişoara.
Insights
Chronic ischemic ophthalmopathy, a syndrome of decreased ocular perfusion pressure due to aortic arch stenosis, is detailed. This case study focuses on Takayasu-Onishi disease as the underlying cause.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Rheumatology
Background:
- Chronic ischemic ophthalmopathy is an ocular syndrome resulting from prolonged reduced perfusion pressure at the anterior cerebral circulation (ACR) level.
- This condition is typically caused by stenosis of the aortic arch and its major branches.
Abstract:
The cronical ischemical ophthalmopathy represents an ocular clinical syndrome with well-defined clinical particularities. It is the effect of the decrease of the perfussion pressure at ACR level, during a long time period, caused by the stenosis of the aortic arch and his main branches. The paper presents a clinical observation of cronical ischemical ophthalmopathy having in ethiology the unspecific aortitis or the Takayasu-Onishi diasease. It is extensively discussed the ocular clinical syndrome and the particularities of the Takayasu-Onishi disease.