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Normal optic disc size varies by racial group. The Baltimore Eye Survey analyzed topographic characteristics of the optic disc in 3,387 individuals and found mean optic disc area to be 2.94 mm 2 ...
Digital ocular fundus photography has been used to obtain optic-disk images for the purpose of detecting papilledema and other optic-disk abnormalities in a variety of clinical settings, including ...
(C) Glaucomatous optic disc of normal size (but smaller than the one in Aa). There is an apparent misinterpretation of disc shape in OCT-DISC aut (b), more pronounced in the inferior half.
A disc at risk is essential for the development of nonarteritic anterior ION . 7–9 Other optic-nerve anomalies resulting in crowding of the optic-nerve head, such as optic-nerve drusen and ...
Funduscopic examination (Figure 2) demonstrated a normal right optic disc and an area of whitening, more so inferiorly, involving the left optic disc. This area of whitening was slightly elevated.
Glaucoma refers to damage to the optic nerve in the eye. Usually, this occurs along with raised pressure inside the eye, but in normal tension glaucoma, pressure in the eye is within the typical ...
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; ...
Fundoscopy revealed a large optic disc swelling with some hemorrhages. The patient's right eye had a BCVA of 20/20 along with a lazy pupil and mild papillary edema with two hemorrhages. Figure 1.
This patient's optic discs were normal in size. Also, congenital optic disc anomaly should have no associated overlying optic disc whitening and no evidence of retinal vasculitis.