3-66d - Shunt Vessels (Post-papilledema)

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Identifier 3-66d
Title 3-66d - Shunt Vessels (Post-papilledema)
Creator Kathleen B. Digre, MD
Affiliation (KBD) Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Subject Shunt Vessels (Post-papilledema)
Description The retino-choroidal collaterals seen with chronic papilledema begin with a "Hairnet" of telangiectasias that gradually winnow down to one or more large collateral tortuous draining channel. The presence of these vessels is evidence of long standing disc swelling. When the CSF pressure is lowered, these collaterals close. (3-66a) Retino-choroidal collateral present (arrow) (3-66d) After treatment of the increased pressure the patient's optic disc drusen were visible and the collateral resolved
Date 2012
Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - The Moran Eye Center Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Moran/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 1986. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6s78dj7
Setname ehsl_novel_jmec
ID 180413
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s78dj7