title: Drusen in the optic nerve head. Verification by computerized tomography.
abstract: Five patients with a clinical diagnosis of buried or exposed drusen of the optic nerve head were examined by computerized tomography (CT). The relative x-ray absorption within their nerve heads was significantly larger than in controls, reflecting the high calcium content of drusen. Computerized tomography, and particularly high-definition CT, therefore merits consideration in the investigation of disc swelling.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006818:Hyalin; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014794:Visual Fields