Diagnostic uncertainty due to optic disc drusen.
An 80-year-old woman developed swollen optic nerves with hemorrhages associated with optic disc drusen. Hemorrhagic complications of optic disc drusen are discussed.
Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. vaph@uab.edu
Michael S
MS
Vaphiades
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015594:Optic Disk Drusen / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity