4-35 - Cupped Optic Nerve

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Identifier 4-35
Title 4-35 - Cupped Optic Nerve
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 Cupped Optic Nerve
Description Atrophic Glaucoma Atrophic glaucomatous discs show thinning of the neuro-retinal rim, "saucerization" (which is shallow cupping), evidence of peripapillary atrophy, and pallor of the very narrow neuroretinal rim. Notice that there is severe atrophy of the nerve fiber layer.
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/s6nc8zj0
Setname ehsl_novel_jmec
ID 180445
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nc8zj0
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