Concept information
Preferred term
Optic Disk Drusen
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Drusen, Optic Disc
- Drusen, Optic Disk
- Drusen, Optic Nerve
- Optic Disc Drusen
- Optic Disc Drusens
- Optic Disk Drusens
- Optic Nerve Drusen
Note
- do not confuse with RETINAL DRUSEN
Scope note
- Optic disk bodies composed primarily of acid mucopolysaccharides that may produce pseudopapilledema (elevation of the optic disk without associated INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION) and visual field deficits. Drusen may also occur in the retina (see RETINAL DRUSEN). (Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p355)
History note
- 91(90); was see under OPTIC NERVE DISEASES 1990
In other languages
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Finnish
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Drusen
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näköhermon druusenit
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015594
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