title: Acute bilateral optic disk edema with a macular star figure in a 12-year-old girl.
abstract: A 12-year-old girl developed headaches and bilateral optic disk edema due to malignant hypertension. Optic disk edema in most of these cases is probably on the spectrum of ischemic optic neuropathy rather than increased intracranial pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hilary A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Beaver
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*