Visual field defects due to optic disk drusen in children

• Published in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology Vol. 251; no. 10; pp. 2445 - 2450
• Main Authors: Noval, Susana, Visa, Josep, Contreras, Inés
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nerve Fibers - pathology; Ophthalmology; Optic Disk Drusen - complications; Optic Disk Drusen - diagnosis; Pediatrics; Retinal Ganglion Cells - pathology; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Vision Disorders - diagnosis; Vision Disorders - etiology; Visual Acuity - physiology; Visual Field Tests; Visual Fields; Optic nerve head drusen; Children; Optical coherence tomography; Visual field defects

Background Optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) are deposits due to abnormalities in axonal metabolism and degeneration. Studies so far have focused on adults. Our aim was to study the effect of ONHD on visual function as well as optic nerve head structure using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in child...