DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Dominant optic atrophy
Optic neuropathy
The optic nerve contains axons of nerve cells that emerge from the retina, leave the eye at the optic disc, and go to the visual cortex where input from the eye is processed into vision. There are 1.2 million optic nerve fibers that derive from the retinal ganglion cells of the inner retina. Optic neuropathy refers to damage to the optic nerve due to any cause. Damage and death of these nerve cells, or neurons, leads to characteristic features of optic neuropathy. The main symptom is loss of vision, with colors appearing subtly washed out in the affected eye...
Dominant optic atrophy - List of case studies
- Anterior chamber cleavage syndrome in right eye in a 2 months old infant
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throughout life for elevations in intraocular pressure and optic nerve head changes. Glaucoma may develop in approximately 50 percent of ... appears to be hereditary , displaying an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern with variable expression. A careful general ...
- Optic Neuropathy
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to the profound vision loss that appears to be to an optic neuropathy. The expert recommends to obtain additional studies in order ... as glioma, pathological disc edema, optic nerve drusen or dominant optic atrophy OPA-1 gene related. ...