Arteriosclerosis may cause a disturbance in the function of the optic nerves varying from partial disability to complete optic atrophy. This seems to be a fairly widely accepted clinical view, and yet this factor in disease of the optic nerve receives scant attention. That it is a factor of some clinical importance is indicated by the case that we report, in which visual disturbances are directly traceable to arteriosclerotic factors in the optic nerves and chiasm.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
The number of contributions to the subject of arteriosclerotic disease of the optic nerve is not great. They may be divided roughly into two groups: (1) cases of partial destruction of the optic nerves, and (2) cases of complete optic atrophy.
One of the first contributions to the subject was that of Michel,1 who reported bilateral choked disk with good function of the optic nerves for a year,