Metastatic tumours to the optic disc are rare. In a series of 660 patients with intraocular metastasis, only 30 (4.5%) had metastatic cancer of the optic disc. 1 We report our case because it is, to ...

Changes in the optic disc can predict who will develop blind spots in their vision or lose sharpness of vision from ...

Traumatic optic nerve head avulsion and traumatic optic neuropathy are serious and can be visually devastating. Most cases have poor prognosis for visual recovery, leaving patients with minimal or no ...

A colorful close-up image of the optic disc in a rodent’s retina received first place in the annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. Winners Hassanain Qambari and Jayden Dickson took ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Altris AI analyzes OCT images to aid in the early diagnosis of glaucoma. The cloud-based platform can help ...

Patients with high visit-to-visit blood pressure variation and who have experienced recurrent optic disc hemorrhages should undergo frequent evaluation for glaucoma progression. Patients who have ...

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 ...

A 32-year-old HIV-positive man was referred for decreased vision in each eye that has been gradually worsening over the past 3 weeks. His vision is notably worse in the left eye. The patient had no ...

A 53-year-old man presented to the hospital after losing vision in his left eye. He explained that he had been given his second dose of Pfizer's COVID vaccine (Comirnaty) 10 days previously. He said ...

Morning glory syndrome (MGS) is a birth defect that affects the nerve of the eye and causes poor eyesight. The syndrome is named for the morning glory flower because the characteristics of this defect ...

This rare syndrome causes an abnormality in the optic nerve that resembles the morning glory flower. It usually occurs in early childhood, resulting in reduced vision, and may occur with other eye ...