title: Optic disc drusen and hypermetropia.
abstract: We report the case of a 41 year old lady with high hypermetropia and optic disc drusen (ODD) in both eyes. A recent study has shown that ODD has a greater tendency to form in eyes with a small scleral canal. It would therefore seem probable to find a higher rate of ODD in hypermetropic eyes. Some of the current literature denies this connection. In this article we discuss the pathogenesis of ODD and the possible connection between this entity and "high" hypermetropia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Opthalmology, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Strassman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silverston
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seelenfreund
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scher
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000150:complications*; D015594:Optic Disk Drusen / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity