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Bilateral Optic Disc Swelling as the Presenting Sign of Pheochromocytoma in a Child
Note the splinter hemorrhages at the level of the nerve fiber layer, more than 1 disc area away from the optic nerve head. The right ... retinal pigment epithelial atrophy corresponding to ...
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Optic nerve head structure in glaucoma: Astrocytes as mediators of axonal damage
The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...
Medscape16y
Bilateral Optic Disc Swelling as the Presenting Sign of Pheochromocytoma in a Child
In the present case, the relatively distant location of the nerve fiber layer hemorrhage from the swollen optic nerve head represents ... avoided to prevent optic atrophy and permanent vision ...