Fusiform aneurysms (dolichoectasia) of the internal carotid artery as cause of optic nerve damage

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-145

  Huber, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compression of optic nerves; Ectasias of the internal carotid artery; Fusiform aneurysms (dolichoectasias); Microsurgical decompression of optic nerves; MRI angiography; Optic atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; OPTIC NERVE LESION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030748883     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01658109709044131     Document Type: Article

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