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Jeffrey Chang Vivek Chaturvedi A 12-year-old girl was referred to the retina service at the New England Eye Center for evaluation and management of an unusual optic disc lesion in her left eye.

A 77-year-old man was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts/New England Eye Center for bilateral optic nerve swelling.Six months prior, the patient had reportedly sought evaluation ...

A 50-year-old man noted blurred vision in his left eye. He had a history of exotropia since childhood. Visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/60 in the left eye. Color vision with ...

The optic disc of the left eye was markedly swollen, and retinal venous engorgement with dot-shape haemorrhage was also noted. Full size image However, paracentral scotoma in the left visual field ...

On ocular examination, his vision was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye. Pupils were slightly sluggish, with no relative afferent pupillary defect.

A 36-year-old gentleman presented with blurred vision in his left eye. His best visual acuities were 6/9 OD and 6/18 OS. There was a generalized pallor of the optic disc in the right eye with the ...

The optic disc is a non-sensory spot in the retina where the axons of the ganglion cells carrying afferent light-induced impulses to the visual cortex of the brain converge to leave the eye.

Optic nerve drusen is also called optic disc drusen. What Is Optic Nerve Drusen? Optic nerve drusen is a rare eye condition that affects between 3 and 24 people out of every 1,000 in the population.

When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in ...

Many crew members discovered they suddenly needed stronger reading glasses, and medical teams noted swelling of the optic ...

A smaller-than-normal optic disc, the structure where the optic nerve meets the rest of the eye; A pale or gray optic disc; A ring around the optic disc; Thinning layers of the retina, ...