Table 4.
No | Year | Authors | The number of patients | Age | Chief complaint | Duration of disease (amputation) | Smoking status | How to diagnose the current disease | Suggested treatment | The outcome of treatment |
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1 | 2018 | Korkmaz et al (Turkey)59 | 1 | 43 years | Onset of low vision in the left eye due to nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy | TAO diagnosis 7 years earlier according to clinical Shionoya’s criteria, CT angiography and excluding other types of vasculitis or hyper-coagulable state He was under treatment of Cilostazol |
One pack of cigarette a day for 20 years | Eye examination including fluorescein angiography brain/orbits MRI and MR venography with and without contrast | Aspirin (300 mg/daily) and oral steroid (prednisone, 1 mg/kg/daily, 14 days | Partial improvement at the 4th day of treatment |
2 | 2017 | Eris et al (Turkey)60 | 1 | 64 years | Onset of acute painless vision loss in his left eye due to central retinal artery occlusion | TAO diagnosis from 32 years earlier and one BK amputation during this time | Smoking for 43 years | Eye examination including fluorescein angiography | Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for 20 sessions | Partially improvement |
3 | 2015 | Marques et al (Portugal)61 | 1 | 64 years | Progressive bilateral visual acuity decrease and nyctalopia due to extensive chorioretinal atrophy | TAO diagnosis about 30 years earlier and several minor amputations during this time | Previous smoker (15 pack/year) | Eye examination including fluorescein angiography | Aspirin (150 mg/daily) | Partially improvement during 1 year follow-up |
4 | 2014 | Koban et al (Turkey)62 | 1 | 48 years | Acute vision loss in the left eye due to acute inferonasal branch retinal artery occlusion and bilateral normal tension glaucoma | TAO diagnosis 12 years earlier and two BK amputations during this time | Unknown | Eye examination including fluorescein angiography Cranial MRI |
Unknown | Unknown |
5 | 2006 | Ohguro et al (Japan)63 | 1 | 66 years | Progressive visual field disturbance in the left eye due to normal tension glaucoma with branch retinal artery occlusion | TAO diagnosis 10 years earlier and history of myocardial infarction during this time | Unknown | Eye examination including fluorescein angiography Cranial MRI |
Unknown | Unknown |