Diabetic papillopathy.
A 13-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man with juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus developed transient bilateral optic disk edema with minimal impairment of optic nerve function and with minimal diabetic retinopathy. This conditions, termed diabetic papillopathy appears to be a local optic disk vasculopathy, and generally resolves without treatment. Diabetic papillopathy should not be mistaken for papilledema or for the optic disk neovascularization of diabetic retinopathy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006316:Hearing Loss, High-Frequency / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012607:Scotoma / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014794:Visual Fields