[Optic nerve lesions in diabetes mellitus].

The present paper is a retrospective study revealing some optic nerve lesions on a group of 1.700 diabetic patients which belonged to the common casuistry of the Ophthalmologic Clinic and Diabetic and Nutrition Diseases Clinic in Craiova. A reduced frequency of optic neuropathy in diabetic persons was established such as: 27 patients (1.58%). Affected optic nerve may present various clinical aspects among which ischemic optic neuropathy is predominant (59.20%) followed by secondary optic atrophy, ischemic optic post neuropathy (33.40%) and juxtabulbar optic neuritis (7.40%).