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Bilateral posterior optic neuropathy after bilateral radical neck dissection and hypotension

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A 67-year-old man became totally blind after bilateral neck dissection complicated by postoperative hypotension. Histopathological study revealed extensive bilateral infarction of the orbital portion of the optic nerves.

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  1. Eye Pathology Laboratory, Wilmer Institute and Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA

    Yoshiaki Nawa, Neil R. Miller & W. Richard Green

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, USA

    J. Darrell Jaques

  3. Department of Pathology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, USA

    Robert A. Palermos

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Nawa, Y., Jaques, J.D., Miller, N.R. et al. Bilateral posterior optic neuropathy after bilateral radical neck dissection and hypotension. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 230, 301–308 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165935

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