Important functional distress in a teenager with optic nerve drusen

Rom J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-Mar;63(1):75-85.

Abstract

We present a case of bilateral optic disc drusen and severe visual field loss in a female patient diagnosed at a very young age.

Keywords: optic nerve drusen; optic nerve pathology; perimetry; pseudopapilledema; visual field defects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Optic Disk
  • Optic Disk Drusen / diagnosis*
  • Optic Disk Drusen / physiopathology
  • Papilledema / diagnosis*
  • Papilledema / etiology
  • Papilledema / physiopathology
  • Scotoma / diagnosis*
  • Scotoma / etiology
  • Scotoma / physiopathology
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Ultrasonography
  • Visual Acuity*
  • Visual Field Tests
  • Visual Fields / physiology*