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Uveal effusion syndrome complicated by anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
G Giuffre1, V Schifano, M Vadala
1Istituto di Clinica Oculistica, Università di Palermo, Italy.
Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report on a case of idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome complicated by AION. To our knowledge such an association hasn't been previously described. We suggest that scleral thickening caused obstruction of vortex veins followed by uveal effusion and compression of posterior ciliary arteries within their intrascleral tract, leading to AION. Nevertheless is can't be excluded that AION was the result of mechanical compression on ciliary vessels of optic disc by choroidal detachment.