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Lint: non-anterior-ischaemic-optic-neuropathy-naion

Adjectival Hyphens
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"On examination, there is ipsilateral optic disc swelling which later progresses to atrophy and pallor 4. In cases of sequential NAION, pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome may be present 4. A small cup-to-disc ratio is usually observed in the unaffected eye."

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Strong List Colon Position
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"DWI: may have diffusion restriction of the optic disc"

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"T1 C+ (Gd): may have enhancement of the optic disc"

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Acronyms
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"Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION or NAAION) is a form of ischaemic optic neuropathy."

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"Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION or NAAION) is a form of ischaemic optic neuropathy."

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"medications (e.g. sildenafil, amiodarone, GLP-1 receptor agonists) 8"

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"On examination, there is ipsilateral optic disc swelling which later progresses to atrophy and pallor 4. In cases of sequential NAION, pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome may be present 4. A small cup-to-disc ratio is usually observed in the unaffected eye."

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"Significant recovery of visual acuity occurs in approximately 40% of patients 4. The risk of the fellow (unaffected) eye subsequently developing NAION is approximately 15% over 5 years 9."

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There Is
suggestion

"No disease-modifying treatment exists 4. There is weak evidence to suggest that aspirin may have a role in secondary prevention 11."

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