title: Optic disc oedema and diabetes mellitus: a case report with review.
abstract: Optic disc oedema is a neurological complication of diabetes mellitus. Typically, the patient is a young diabetic with minimal symptomatology but severe bilateral optic disc oedema discovered on routine eye examination. It is a relatively benign condition which on occasion can result in a residual visual deficit, but requires no specific intervention and represents a subgroup of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION). We present a patient with insulin dependent diabetes and asymptomatic bilateral optic disc oedema, with a brief review of the syndrome and its pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Repatriation General Hospital Greenslopes, QLD., Australia.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: De Wytt
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Strakosch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology*