title: Review of diseases of the optic nerve, optic tract, and visual cortex: 1975-76.
abstract: The ophthalmic literature dealing with diseases of the optic nerve, the optic tracts, and the visual cortex was reviewed for the period November 1975 through November 1976. Twenty-nine papers on topics of interest to optometrists were abstracted. The main areas of interest include: papilledema and optic atrophy (with ophthalmoscopic signs of both optic atrophy and papilledema); giant-cell arteritis; papillitis; interesting malformations of the face, palate, and orbital position that occur in conjunction with microphthalmus, situs inversus, and hypoplasia and aplasia of the optic nerve; the proposed association of myopia with unusual eyebrows; myelinated nerve fibers at the nerve head; pigment anomalies; the continuing discussion of nerve-head blood supply; an unexpected cause for nerve-head neovascularization; the importance of the swinging-flashlight test in the diagnosis of glaucoma; an unusual type of glaucomatous cupping; doubts about the peripapillary "halo" as a sign of glaucoma; new uses for old field tests; and new methods of ocular photography.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005138:Eyebrows; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000175:diagnosis; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis; D014793:Visual Cortex; D014794:Visual Fields