title: Differential diagnosis of the swollen optic disc.
abstract: The differential diagnosis of a swollen optic disc is described, paying particular attention to the two areas of greatest difficulty: differentiation between a normal optic disc and early disc swelling; and differentiation between optic disc swelling and a simulating condition.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000150:complications; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology