title: Acute, idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome.
abstract: An otherwise healthy 12-year-old boy was evaluated for an enlarged blind spot in his left eye. Neither optic nerve edema/neuritis nor a retrobulbar mass explained this finding. Consultation with a neuro-ophthalmologist over a period of 14 months resulted in a diagnosis of acute, idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome, a rare and poorly understood ocular condition. To the author's knowledge, this is the youngest case ever reported.
authors.affiliation: College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Newcomb
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields