Identifier |
wh_ch5_p255_2 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Papilledema: Visual Prognosis |
Creator |
Deborah I. Friedman, MD, MPH |
Affiliation |
Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern |
Subject |
Optic Nerve Diseases; Eye Abnormalities; Visual Impairments; Optic Atrophy; Visual Prognosis; Edema; Raised Intracranial Pressure |
Description |
Establishing the visual prognosis in a patient with papilledema is often impossible. Generally, the more severe the papilledema, the worse the visual prognosis. An ominous sign is narrowing of the retinal arteries, which often occurs with sheathing. In this setting, irreversible damage to the optic nerve tissue has already occurred, as is the case when there is loss of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6768prx |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185711 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6768prx |