Abstract
We present five patients who developed luxury perfusion following anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in whom fluorescein angiography was misinterpreted as "capillary hemangioma" or neovascularization of the disc. In each case, the segment of disc hyperemia corresponded to a spared region of visual field. Luxury perfusion represents a reparative autoregulatory reaction to ischemia.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Capillary Permeability
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Female
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Fluorescein Angiography
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Fundus Oculi
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Humans
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Infarction / etiology*
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Infarction / pathology
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Infarction / physiopathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Optic Disk / blood supply*
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Optic Disk / pathology
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Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / complications*
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Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / pathology
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Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / physiopathology
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Perfusion
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Retinal Vessels / pathology*
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Visual Fields