A Case of Recurrent Transient Monocular Visual Loss after Receiving Sildenafil

A 53-year-old man was attended to the Clinic Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University, Egypt, with recurrent transient monocular visual loss after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra) for erectile dysfunction. Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history s...

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Main Author: Asaad Ghanem Ghanem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/645089
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description A 53-year-old man was attended to the Clinic Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University, Egypt, with recurrent transient monocular visual loss after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra) for erectile dysfunction. Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history showed that his father had suffered from bilateral nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Physicians might look for arteriosclerotic risk factors and family history of NAION among predisposing risk factors before prescribing sildenafil erectile dysfunction drugs.
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spelling doaj-art-741c2a86d7554e2f86f72f7d3cbb4f392025-08-20T03:33:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302011-01-01201110.1155/2011/645089645089A Case of Recurrent Transient Monocular Visual Loss after Receiving SildenafilAsaad Ghanem Ghanem0Ophthalmology Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, EgyptA 53-year-old man was attended to the Clinic Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University, Egypt, with recurrent transient monocular visual loss after receiving sildenafil citrate (Viagra) for erectile dysfunction. Examination for possible risk factors revealed mild hypercholesterolemia. Family history showed that his father had suffered from bilateral nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Physicians might look for arteriosclerotic risk factors and family history of NAION among predisposing risk factors before prescribing sildenafil erectile dysfunction drugs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/645089
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