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MeSH Heading: Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic
Tree Number(s): C10.292.700.600; C11.640.643; C14.907.601
Unique ID: D018917
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018917
Scope Note: Ischemic injury to the OPTIC NERVE which usually affects the OPTIC DISK (optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic) and less frequently the retrobulbar portion of the nerve (optic neuropathy, posterior ischemic). The injury results from occlusion of arterial blood supply which may result from TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES; EMBOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; and other conditions. The disease primarily occurs in the sixth decade or later and presents with the sudden onset of painless and usually severe monocular visual loss. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy also features optic disk edema with microhemorrhages. The optic disk appears normal in posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. (Glaser, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2nd ed, p135)
Entry Term(s): Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; NAION; Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; Optic Ischaemic Neuropathy; Optic Ischemic Neuropathy; Optic Nerve Ischemia; Optic Neuropathy, Anterior Ischemic; Optic Neuropathy, Posterior Ischemic; Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
NLM Classification #: WW 280
Previous Indexing: Optic Nerve (1966-1975); Optic Nerve Diseases (1976-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/01/06
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

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Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
  - Optic Nerve Diseases [C10.292.700]

Eye Diseases [C11]
- Optic Nerve Diseases [C11.640]

Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
- Vascular Diseases [C14.907]

Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic Preferred

Concept UI: M0028286
Scope Note: Ischemic injury to the OPTIC NERVE which usually affects the OPTIC DISK (optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic) and less frequently the retrobulbar portion of the nerve (optic neuropathy, posterior ischemic). The injury results from occlusion of arterial blood supply which may result from TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES; EMBOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; and other conditions. The disease primarily occurs in the sixth decade or later and presents with the sudden onset of painless and usually severe monocular visual loss. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy also features optic disk edema with microhemorrhages. The optic disk appears normal in posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. (Glaser, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2nd ed, p135)
Terms: Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic Preferred Term
Term UI T056381
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Optic Ischaemic Neuropathy
Term UI T000957216
Date05/07/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Optic Ischemic Neuropathy
Term UI T000957217
Date05/07/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Term UI T056380
Date09/06/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Optic Nerve Ischemia
Term UI T370812
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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