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EVOLUTION OF DESCENDING OPTIC ATROPHY
Author(s) -
LUNDSTRÖM MATS,
FRISÉN LARS
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1975.tb01189.x
Subject(s) - optic nerve , pallor , fundus (uterus) , retina , medicine , optic disc , retinal , ophthalmology , fundus photography , atrophy , anatomy , papilledema , fluorescein angiography , surgery , biology , pathology , neuroscience
Fundus changes following severe trauma to the intracranial optic nerve were followed by means of serial fundus photography. The eye was completely blind. Little change was seen during the first 4 weeks. The retinal nerve fibre layer disappeared gradually during weeks 4 to 8. At the same time the retinal vessels turned narrow, and vascular pseudo‐sheathing appeared close to the optic disc. Disc pallor was not maximal until the 12th week, when the peripapillary retina also had acquired a mottled appearance.