Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy associated with idiopathic aldosteronism and hypertension.

Ophthalmologica

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University Chiba, Japan.

Published: May 2002

A 49-year-old man suffered from bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy almost simultaneously, and was diagnosed with idiopathic aldosteronism associated with hypertension. Because this patient had multiple organ disorders, multiple cerebral infarctions, and a mild loss of renal function, it was important to treat his primary disease.

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