Optic disc doubling

J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Sep;32(3):238-9. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3182464d9f.

Abstract

Many developmental defects can simulate the optic disc (optic disc pseudodoubling). True optic disc duplication with 2 independent retinal vasculatures is rare. Associated optic nerve duplication is rarer still and seen in lower vertebrates. We report a rare case of unilateral double optic discs with a single optic nerve in the left eye of a 41-year-old man, otherwise asymptomatic in the affected eye.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrophy
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Optic Nerve / pathology*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / pathology*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Visual Fields / physiology