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Optic disc oedema and diabetes mellitus: a case report with review
Author(s) -
West P. D.,
Wytt C. N.,
Strakosch C. R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb00453.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , diabetes mellitus , optic disc , optic neuropathy , optic nerve , complication , papilledema , ophthalmology , surgery , retinal , endocrinology
Optic disc oedema is a neurological complication of diabetes mellitus. Typically, the patient is a young diabetic with minimal symptomatology but severe bilateral optic disc oedema discovered on routine eye examination. It is a relatively benign condition which on occasion can result in a residual visual deficit, but requires no specific intervention and represents a subgroup of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION). We present a patient with insulin dependent diabetes and asymptomatic bilateral optic disc oedema, with a brief review of the syndrome and its pathogenesis. (Aust NZ J Med 1991; 21: 248–250.)