Identifying biomarkers for papilledema and pseudopapilledema by Rishi Sekhri, Helen J. Kuht, Zhanhan Tu, Gail D. E. Maconachie, Riddhi Shenoy, Esha Prakash, Seema Teli, Sohaib R. Rufai, Nagini Sarvananthan, Tahir Islam, Michael Hisaund, Rebecca J. McLean, Indranil Choudhuri, Joris Dehaene, Martin Barnes, Irene Gottlob, Ian DeSilva, Mervyn G. Thomas

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Diagnostics of optic disk drusen in children by A. G. Shchuko, D. U. Samsonov, S. I. Zhukova, T. N. Iureva

“…Diagnosis of deep optic disc drusen (OND) in children is difficult because they are not visualized ophthalmoscopically and often mimic a picture of stagnation, identifying the wrong tactics diagnostic and therapeutic actions.Materials and Methods: Children who ophthalmoscopically revealed prominence and blurring of the optic disk with a comprehensive survey includes an ultrasonic scanning of the eyeball and orbit, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and retinal optic disc, computer perimetry, electroretinography (ERG) and the registration of visual evoked potentials (VEP).Results and discussion: Optic disc drusen is diagnosed by ultrasound scan that leds to prominence disk. …”
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