ISSN: 1300-0365
Dil: Türkçe
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Optic Nerve Head Drusen Masquerading As Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Şeyda Karadenİz Uğurlu*, Nazife Sefİ**, Ahmet Maden***
* Uz.Dr., İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Göz Kliniği,** Dr., İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Kliniği Başasistanı,*** Dr., İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Göz Kliniği Şefi, İZMİR
Purpose: To describe the clinical features of two patients with optic disc drusen who were referred with the diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma.
Case Report: Optic nerve head drusen may lead to subtle blurring of the disc margins and give rise to a pseudo-papilledema appearance, or it may masquerade as glaucoma due to associated nerve fiber layer type of visual field defects. Two patients who were referred to the Glaucoma Clinic, İzmir Atatürk Research and Training Hospital with the diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma, were diagnosed to have optic nerve head drusen. Their medical treatment was discontinued, and the patients were followed for 12 months during which no progress was noticed.
Conclusion: Correlation between visual field defects and optic nerve head should be sought before the diagnosis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy is rendered, and optic disc drusen should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with elevated optic nerve heads and nerve fiber layer type visual field defects.Keywords: optic disc drusen,
nerve fiber layer type visual field defect,
primary open-angle glaucomaTurkiye Klinikleri J Ophthalmol 2000, 9:265-268
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