Posterior optic nerve infarction after lower lid blepharoplasty

Authors
Good, CD Cassidy, LM Moseley, IF Sanders, MD
Citation
Cd. Good et al., Posterior optic nerve infarction after lower lid blepharoplasty, J NEURO-OPH, 19(3), 1999, pp. 176-179
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optalmology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
ISSN journal
10708022 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
176 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-8022(199909)19:3<176:PONIAL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We describe a case of acute and total loss of vision after lower lid blepha roplasty. This major complication followed minor cosmetic surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed posterior segmental infarction of the optic nerve, a finding not previously demonstrated.