title: Multiple wedge-shaped retinal nerve fiber layer defects in a patient with optic nerve glioma in the contralateral eye: case report.
abstract: This case report describes a young non-glaucomatous patient with neurofibromatosis and previous history of optic nerve glioma, which developed multiple wedge-shaped retinal nerve fiber layer defects close to a chorioretinal scar in the fellow eye. After discussing the different possible etiologies to the wedge-shaped defects, the disruption of the nerve fiber layer due to the chorioretinal lesion was considered the most plausible cause. However, further follow-up with visual field assessment, optic nerve head documentation and neuroimaging is mandatory in this case and may provide additional information to better understand it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Pedreira
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Tiago Santos
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Prata
authors.forename: Verônica Castro
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Luiz Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Paulo Góis
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Manso
mesh_terms: D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology*; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult