Computed tomographic identification of calcified optic nerve drusen.
Four cases of optic disk drusen were accurately diagnosed with orbital computed tomography (CT). The radiologist should be aware of the characteristic CT finding of discrete calcification within an otherwise normal optic disk. This benign process is easily differentiated from lesions such as calcific neoplastic processes of the posterior globe. CT identification of optic disk drusen is essential in the evaluation of visual field defects, migraine-like headaches, and pseudopapilledema.
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014794:Visual Fields