3-35a - Papilledema Stages

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Identifier 3-35a
Title 3-35a - Papilledema Stages
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 Papilledema Stages; Raised Intracranial Pressure
Description Grading Papilledema: Stage 4 Stage 4 = Complete obliteration of the cup and complete obscuration of at least some vessels on the surface of the disc. There may be small dilated capillaries on the disc that resemble telangiectasia. It is not the NFL infarcts or hemorrhages but the obscuration of the vessels themselves that makes this disc stage 4.
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/s60s2mq2
Setname ehsl_novel_jmec
ID 180419
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60s2mq2
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