All of the following cause visual loss in hypeension EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Occipital infarct
Description: Hypeension is a known cause of papilledema. Hemorrhage in the vitreous is caused by hypeension. Therefore by exclusion the answer is occipital infarcts. Fuher the aicle states that occipital infarcts are different from other infarcts because their etiology is also different and hypeension is not a usual cause. Causes of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: *Idiopathic *Giant cell aeritis *Papilledema *Migraine *Malignant hypeension
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