Peripapillary subretinal neovascularization causing pseudoedema of the optic disc.
A patient with typical lesions of senile macular degeneration exhibited an apparent swollen disc in one eye. A leaking peripapillary subretinal neovascular membrane was found to be the cause of the disc edema. The experience with this case indicates that such a membrane should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the swollen disc, especially when macular degeneration is present.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*